pinkie

Example Sentences

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Hewlett had detected metal buried inside some gravel—digging it up, he found a chunk of gold about half the size of his pinkie fingernail.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

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

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

The crowd raised index and pinkie fingers in approval.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024

He said he first realized that something was amiss with his health “when I woke up and I noticed my pinkie ... auto-animated.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2024

Matthew shook a fist with his thumb and pinkie raised.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman