pinkie

Example Sentences

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Another healthcare benefits consultant who doesn’t maintain conventional insurance, Cristy Gupton, 52, sliced the skin on the tip of her pinkie finger while cooking at her parents’ house in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Posting on social media, Bowman said the suitcase contained sentimental items in a jewellery box, including a pinkie ring with her grandfather's ashes in it.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The two defenders banged helmets, with DeBerg’s left pinkie pinched between them.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

The crowd raised index and pinkie fingers in approval.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2024

The pinkie is hardly ever used; whereas I often use the index finger when I want to make an important point.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin