Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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Some are shorter than a fingernail, others as long as a person is tall.
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Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 15 May 2025
Just look at your lap, the floor, the beds of your fingernails.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2025
There was the time an intoxicated woman injured a security guard’s eye with her fake fingernail.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Some are shorter than a fingernail; others are as long as a person is tall.
—Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
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Katarina Zimmer, JSTOR Daily, 15 May 2025
Just look at your lap, the floor, the beds of your fingernails.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2025
There was the time an intoxicated woman injured a security guard’s eye with her fake fingernail.
—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 10 May 2025
Some are shorter than a fingernail; others are as long as a person is tall.
—Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for fingernail
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 26 May. 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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