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

Green held the thumb and forefinger of one hand maybe an inch apart to indicate how close.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 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

Then he touched the rock again, a quick brush of his forefinger.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

“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

They reach out their arms and use their thumbs and forefingers to pinch the air in front of them.

From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2018

He drummed his steering wheel with his forefingers and bit his lower lip as if he was suddenly in deep thought.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English