How to Use pinkie in a Sentence

pinkie

noun

• In July, a line drive off the bat of Aaron Hicks broke his pinkie.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
• The ulnar side of the wrist is nearest the pinkie finger.
  — Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
• Mine is worn on the pinkie of my right hand, along with my wedding ring.
  — Dora Fung, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2023
• Some are just a month old and barely larger than the tip of a pinkie.
  — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2022
• Drill into the stumps to create holes the size of your pinkie finger.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
• Two curved pieces of metal the length of half a pinkie finger were joined by a small nut and bolt.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• Casas in a jam Triston Casas was a late scratch Tuesday with a sore left pinkie.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
• Interlace your hands, pinkies to the floor and press your forearms and hands into the mat.
  — Shauna Harrison, SELF, 28 Mar. 2023
• He’s had a great spring after getting a late start due to a broken pinkie.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• Chris Sale hasn’t been around the team for 11 weeks because of fractures in his left pinkie finger and right wrist.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
• On the back, insert your pinkie into the heel and make sure your finger fits snuggly.
  — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 27 July 2023
• Wilbourn had cuts to his arm, knee, side, back and pinkie finger, according to court records.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, chicagotribune.com, 11 Jan. 2022
• Austin Slater was back in the lineup Tuesday for the first time since dislocating the pinkie on his left hand.
  — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2022
• Staff members were able to capture 23 adult rats and seven babies (known as pinkies) on the first day.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2023
• In her group’s latest study, the strokes on the table were sometimes half or double the length of a typical pinkie.
  — Matthew Hutson, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022
• In Pinky Promise, there are two of her, mint green this time, standing side by side in the woods with pinkies and nipples touching.
  — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2023
• The length of a child’s pinkie finger, the slug had four antennae protruding from its face, but no eyes.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2020
• His assorted broken bones — right wrist, left pinkie, and a rib at last count — won’t be a problem by the time camp starts.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
• Her solve—sizing down and wearing her Oura as a pinkie ring—earned the wellness tool a spot at the Khaite show alongside the rest of her outfit.
  — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2023
• Antetokounmpo even had them each pinky swear and kissed their pinkies to seal the deal.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2023
• Scott also came into the tournament with a health issue, a broken bone near the pinkie in his right hand.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2021
• Fold down the middle three fingers of your right hand, leaving your thumb and pinkie extended.
  — Dana Santas, CNN, 7 July 2021
• Underneath the uniform were a single tooth, two right rib fragments, one long bone fragment and the metatarsal from a right pinkie.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
• Her pinkies appear to be an iridescent, sea-glass-like emerald green with steel-gray chrome tips.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 22 June 2023
• The tiny animal, shorter than your pinkie, might not appear to be much more than a tube with a dark streak running along its back.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2020
• Some fish eat tiny midges and will be fooled only by flies smaller than my pinkie fingernail.
  — Meredith Erickson, Saveur, 29 Apr. 2019
• My gold band, size 7.5, now fits loosely on my pinkie, an odd and unwelcome placement.
  — Candy Schulman, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• During the first week of camp, Vargas suffered a hairline fracture in his right pinkie while taking a grounder.
  — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
• Now close off your left nostril with your pinkie, releasing your thumb off your right nostril.
  — Dana Santas, CNN, 7 July 2021
• Last year, Jani Hakanpää broke his pinkie in the first preseason game but still played in the season opener in New York 2 1/2 weeks later.
  — Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024