Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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How To Prevent Clubbed Nails There's no way to prevent primary clubbed fingernails, but certain lifestyle changes can help prevent potential causes of secondary clubbed fingernails, such as lung, heart, or liver disease.
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Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
The lunar equivalents appear to have been ripped open within minutes, by the geological version of two massive fingernails, according to a study in Nature Communications.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Some of the works’ unofficial titles, such as My mind lives in a hot wet hole in my body, suggest an illicit inner monologue that elsewhere caramelizes into quasi-sadomasochistic confession: Someone’s flesh is under my fingernails.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
The outlet reports that Misch got away with their murders for years until DNA found under Duey’s fingernails matched Misch’s, leading to his arrest.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
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Mark Gurarie, Health, 14 Feb. 2025
The lunar equivalents appear to have been ripped open within minutes, by the geological version of two massive fingernails, according to a study in Nature Communications.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Some of the works’ unofficial titles, such as My mind lives in a hot wet hole in my body, suggest an illicit inner monologue that elsewhere caramelizes into quasi-sadomasochistic confession: Someone’s flesh is under my fingernails.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
The outlet reports that Misch got away with their murders for years until DNA found under Duey’s fingernails matched Misch’s, leading to his arrest.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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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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