Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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Brian, a young male bonobo located at the Milwaukee Zoo who was isolated from his peers reportedly responded by tearing off his own fingernails and developing a habit of compulsively inserting his hand into his rectum, sometimes enough to draw blood.
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
His fingernails and the whites of his eyes had become silvery.
—Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Leno also suffered a broken wrist and a lost fingernail following that accident.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
If that wasn’t enough, his original partner and now ex, Zaina, came prepared to bury him with high-tech receipts — specifically, a QR code plastered onto her fingernail?!
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2025
His fingernails and the whites of his eyes had become silvery.
—Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2025
Leno also suffered a broken wrist and a lost fingernail following that accident.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
If that wasn’t enough, his original partner and now ex, Zaina, came prepared to bury him with high-tech receipts — specifically, a QR code plastered onto her fingernail?!
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 31 Jan. 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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