Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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Grande, supporting her co-lead, reached for Erivo’s hand but wound up cradling her formidable fingernail instead, a moment that went viral on its own.
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
Early on, the series makes the point that DNA evidence found on JonBenét — on items of clothing and under her fingernails —pointed away from the family and that the police hid the information.
—Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it into her fingernails.
—Reuters, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
The show opened with a minidress spangled with images of a ruby-red mouth and fingernails.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
Early on, the series makes the point that DNA evidence found on JonBenét — on items of clothing and under her fingernails —pointed away from the family and that the police hid the information.
—Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese manicurist Naomi Arimoto is putting it into her fingernails.
—Reuters, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2024
The show opened with a minidress spangled with images of a ruby-red mouth and fingernails.
—Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 4 Dec. 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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