fingering

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

For more than a decade, scientists have debated which animals alive today hail from that earliest sister, fingering two phyla as the most likely candidates: sponges and comb jellies.

From Science Magazine

He largely taught himself to play the oboe and English horn, using a book that showed the fingerings.

From New York Times

She had a leopard scarf elegantly wrapped around her head and was fingering a glittering ring and staring blankly into the distance.

From Reuters

He looked away, fingering a frayed edge of the carpet.

From Salon

At one point she played the piano like a harp, fingering descending chords on the keyboard but voicing them with a metallic ascendant strum — a beguiling contradiction.

From Washington Post