How to Use hangnail in a Sentence

hangnail

noun

• One Christmas Eve, a nun had stayed late to file a hangnail on Bertha’s foot.
  — Yasmin Rafiei, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2022
• But the truth is that the MCU has always had hangnails, and its world-building has never made much sense.
  — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, 8 July 2019
• Daily wear and tear lead to hangnails and snags, and polish and gel changes can weaken your tips over time.
  — Emily Rekstis, Glamour, 20 Apr. 2019
• The sun had long set, beavers had already exited their lodge for a night of foraging and a hangnail moon hung in the pitch black sky.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• Rub cuticle oil wherever the skin meets the nail, then use a nail pusher to push back the skin around the nail to get rid of the dead skin that can morph into a hangnail.
  — Donna Bulseco, WSJ, 2 May 2018
• Next to the headphone jack, the microUSB port is hidden beneath a push-to-open plastic slot that’s just begging to get ripped off like a hangnail.
  — Christina Bonnington, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2011
• Instead, at a minimum, any player with a hangnail or blister on his thumb is slapped with the questionable tag.
  — Bill Enright, SI.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• The builder gel keeps your nails from breaking as easily, which is helpful if growing your nails out past tip length (and not having to deal with hangnails) is your ultimate goal.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 13 July 2023
• Playing with a torn groin and downplaying it like it’s nothing more than a hangnail is why Johnson has become such a fan favorite in the tough-as-nails city of Philadelphia, especially among the blue-collar diehards.
  — Bob McManaman, The Arizona Republic, 9 Feb. 2023
• Rodriguez, 30, has a left index finger pulley rupture, while Faedo, 27, has right middle finger discomfort from a hangnail.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
• For a guy with a hyperextended knee, Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo played like someone who didn't even have a hangnail.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2021
• This compact stainless steel manicure set comes travel-ready, and features maintenance basics like clippers, a file, mini cuticle pusher, and hangnail snipper.
  — Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 July 2022
• Aesthetic and psychological concerns aside, nail psoriasis can also become physically uncomfortable and even painful to live with—on a whole other level than when a toe hangnail catches on your sheets.
  — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 13 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024