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
• 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
• 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: 3 Aug 2024