index finger

Example Sentences

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As if a formidable pale index finger with a square-trimmed nail rewinds the hands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Videos show Burke has a tattoo on one of his fingers matching the one reading "Shhh" that the Los Angeles County medical examiner previously revealed was on Celeste's index finger.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

“Making one’s peace with it is not the same as accepting it and being happy with it,” Lindo says, raising an index finger, a gesture he often makes when telling you something he considers important.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

This measure compares the length of the index finger to the ring finger, a relationship called the 2D:4D ratio.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

Jessie had said, jabbing her index finger in the middle of the big A on Jefferson’s letterman jacket.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser