How to Use fingerprint in a Sentence

fingerprint

noun
  • Detectives found his fingerprints all over the gun.
  • Everyone has a unique fingerprint.
  • The fingerprint sensor is finicky, and the screen could stand to be brighter outdoors.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Nobody found a fingerprint or the weapon that was used.
    Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Nesty’s fingerprints are, of course, all over the United States’ pool prospects here.
    Rick Maese, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
  • Like a whisky glass at the end of a long evening, his fingerprints are all over the third IWC carrying his name.
    Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2023
  • His fingerprints were in the system due to a prior arrest for a DWI in 1999.
    Caroline Guthrie, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The bloody fingerprints matched three men who had already died.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • And fingerprints weren’t such an issue then; touch screens were yet to come.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • Glass is a magnet for gunk, stains, and sticky fingerprints.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2023
  • And if your fingerprint doesn’t work right on your phone scanner, that’s fine.
    Shira Ovide, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • It's even got stuff like the face unlock, the fingerprint sensor.
    USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Police who were called to the scene noted that her keys and phone were missing and scrubbed the car for fingerprints.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
  • There are so many whose faint fingerprints still linger.
    Lee Cowan, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The Douglas County Crime Lab was called to process the new crime scene and collect fingerprints.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Mingo’s fingerprints were found on the cardboard box that was carried into the home and left at the home.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Wipe down your front and back cameras to get rid of any fingerprints or debris.
    Fox News, 26 July 2023
  • It's scrawled on a scrap of notebook paper that is streaked with bloody fingerprints.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The safe rooms’ electric and bulletproof doors open with a key fob or a fingerprint.
    Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The fingerprint is more like revealing the very DNA of your browser.
    Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Police had lifted his fingerprint from the window of the green sedan.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • The fingerprint sensor is located on the middle back of the phone.
    Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021
  • The northern lights are as unique as fingerprints, no two displays are ever the same.
    Una Gísladóttir, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • It is equipped with a rechargeable fingerprint lock and an optional alarm that sounds when the safe is moved.
    Dana Givens, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2022
  • An office worker files fingerprints and mugshots in the 1930s.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Red Raiders are known for defense, but the way Adams blended all the new faces showcased his able fingerprint.
    Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Still, the fingerprint pattern that Wolf-Ravet 140 has created is one of a kind.
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Ridley still added her fingerprints to the script in plenty of ways.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Families cried out as a medic announced the names of victims identified by their fingerprints.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The fingerprints of Barceleau, Estrada and Gutierrez were found on the jack, according to testimony.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025

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