finger

Example Sentences

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"You're not going to lose a finger, but it would feel like trapping your hand in a car door – it would certainly ruin your day," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Next came leg-movement detectors, breathing bands, a microphone, a nasal airflow monitor and a finger pulse oximeter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

“Obsession” has ideas about our age of instant gratification and parasocial idealization fueled by social media that the film never manages to do anything more than wag a finger at.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

“Within 20 seconds I was like, I stuck my finger in a light socket,” Danson told W. Kamau Bell on the “Who’s With Me?” podcast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

‘Family secret,’ she’d say, tapping her nose with a finger.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler