forefinger
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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
Young male gamers had taken issue with a single frame in the trailer, in which the female character could be seen holding her thumb and forefinger close together.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 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
Smoothing his thin mustache with thumb and forefinger, Grandpa grinned big.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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
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
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