pinkie

Example Sentences

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The skin on both heels and a patch below my right pinkie had worn away, leaving behind angry pink abrasions.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Note: Lakers forward Jarred Vanderbilt was downgraded out for Game 2 because of a dislocated right pinkie finger.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Now, many hitters hold the bat with their bottom hand completely wrapped around the knob, sometimes with their pinkie off the bat entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

"I remember just seeing his little hand; his pinkie ring finger and middle finger," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

Seven linked her pinkie with Poppy’s, and they swayed their arms to and fro three times.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega