fingers
Example Sentences
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One NOS member put it more bluntly in a TV documentary five years later: "We were sticking two fingers up to normal, middle-class church ways of behaviour."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
"He went shopping, he bought things like cream and chocolates instead of fish fingers and bread," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
He smooths the features of the head -- which he says weighs more than a ton -- with a yellow sponge, while another craftsman adds clay to the fingers of the enormous hands.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Yes, I’m hoping to see some Oscar contenders while I’m here and have my fingers crossed for a few movies I’ll be seeing shortly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Even when the letter fragment is back on the floor of my locker my hand still feels the filth, the invisible sick on my fingers.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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