forefinger

He closes his eyes, takes a deep breath and touches the forefinger and middle finger of his right hand to his lips.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025

The procedure, called umbilical cord milking, involves gently squeezing the cord between the thumb and forefinger and pushing the blood into the newborn's abdomen.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023

Simultaneously, people had to press a button on the steering wheel with their left forefinger each time a small device attached to their left collarbone vibrated.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2023

And from then on it's all about gesture control - the headset tracks where you are looking so when you look at an app and pinch your thumb and forefinger together, it opens.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2023

“There’s power here,” said Mr. Jaggers, coolly tracing out the sinews with his forefinger.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

To emphasize the designer’s practicality-meets-design approach, Rogen gestured to another Bosse creation, this one a hand-shaped brass ashtray with forefingers poised mid-pinch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024

Before receiving their handouts, men signed a list by pressing their forefingers dipped in blue ink; women used red.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2022

“It’s not just some words on wall,” Traylor said of the motto signified by a hand gesture that creates a triangle with the two thumbs and forefingers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

And then, perhaps, he puts his thumbs and forefingers together to form a square so that he can look at her through the square.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018

Belet put a fist on either side of her head, her forefingers up to look like horns.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda