pinky

Example Sentences

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In Thursday night's nail-biting finale, her luck ran out - as she was banished at the roundtable despite making a pinky promise with fellow traitor Alan Carr, who went on to win.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

Burns and Carr did a pinky promise beforehand, pledging to stick together.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2025

My nails are almost always unpainted, wide and short, my pinky nail practically just a sliver.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025

The hand gesture most closely associated with surf culture, shaka is formed by making a fist with the thumb and pinky fingers extended.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

He dodged the punch easily by bending his neck into a sideways U shape, then coiled his leg around the strangers waist the way Sheed wrapped licorice around his pinky before eating it.

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