index finger

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“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

When prenatal estrogen levels are higher relative to testosterone, the index finger tends to be longer than the ring finger.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

Anyone who has held an infant will recognize the way the tiny hand of the baby Jesus is cradled in his mother’s palm, anchored by her thumb and index finger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Several small children raised an index finger - a gesture traditionally associated with Muslim prayer but hijacked by IS.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

Jabbed his index finger to a place only he could see.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles