Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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Axiom claims that even the gloves have been improved – which will please many astronauts because the current ones are very cold to wear and tend to rip off fingernails.
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
On average, your fingernails grow 3.47 millimeters a month, and your toenails grow 1.62 millimeters per month.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
But the evidence against him was strong — including his DNA beneath German's fingernails.
—CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
The leaves and petals of the touch-me-not have been traditionally used by Korean girls and women to dye their fingernails in the summer, and there’s even a superstition that if there’s still some dye left on your fingernails by the time the first snow falls, then your first love will come true.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
On average, your fingernails grow 3.47 millimeters a month, and your toenails grow 1.62 millimeters per month.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
But the evidence against him was strong — including his DNA beneath German's fingernails.
—CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024
The leaves and petals of the touch-me-not have been traditionally used by Korean girls and women to dye their fingernails in the summer, and there’s even a superstition that if there’s still some dye left on your fingernails by the time the first snow falls, then your first love will come true.
—Regina Kim, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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fingernail
noun
fin·ger·nail
ˈfiŋ-gər-ˌnāl 
ˌfiŋ-gər-ˈnā(ə)l
: the nail of a finger
Medical Definition
fingernail
noun
fin·ger·nail
ˈfiŋ-gər-ˌnāl, ˌfiŋ-gər-ˈnā(ə)l
: the nail of a finger
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