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More sentences with forefinger

• The thumb is opposable to the forefinger.From the entry opposable
• With the other hand he pinched it at the opposite corner, pressing thumb and forefinger together tightly.2014, Harlan Ellison, Paingod and Other Delusions, →ISBN. From the entry pinch
• With his forefinger, he curled one of the ringlets that petaled against Malou's forehead.2014, Tory Cates, Different Dreams, page 169. From the entry petal
• Carmen gave her a toothy grin and binked her on the nose with a forefinger.2014, Hannah Alexander, Collateral Damage, page 188. From the entry bink
• Forefinger twirling impatiently in the air, indicating “Hurry up, you're running long.” Again, that's rattlesome.2014, Ron Hoff, I Can See You Naked. From the entry rattlesome
• When confronted with a death-grip hand-shaker, the cop had told Harrow, just extend your forefinger.2010, Max Allan Collins, You Can't Stop Me, →ISBN. From the entry hand-shaker
• “Suicide king,” he said softly, touching the king of hearts' sword with his forefinger.2008 April 30, Connie Bailey, “Fancy Pants”, in Know When to Hold'em: A Dreamspinner Press Anthology, Frisco: Dreamspinner Press, →ISBN…. From the entry suicide king
• Won Li's attentions moved to the weblike purlicue between my thumb and forefinger.2003, Suzann Ledbetter, A Lady Never Trifles with Thieves, →ISBN, page 136. From the entry purlicue
• With the palp of a forefinger he squeezed moisture from his wiry blond eyebrows.1984, W. Boyd, Stars & Bars, i.i.11. From the entry palp
• Almost as long as your left forefinger, yes, said his visitor.1969, Robert Nye, Tales I Told My Mother. From the entry lunt
• We eat electric light. (She arches her body in lascivious crispation, placing her forefinger in her mouth.).1922, James Joyce, Ulysses. From the entry crispation
• Philips wagged an expressive forefinger—the prisoner was not aware of that.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 153. From the entry deceased
• This technique uses the “purlicue,” the magic space between your thumb and extended forefinger on your left hand.2016, Emily Nagoski, Orally Pleasuring a Man, →ISBN. From the entry purlicue
• He took the plate in his hand, holding it between thumb and forefinger at one corner, letting it hang down.2014, Harlan Ellison, Paingod and Other Delusions, →ISBN. From the entry pinch
• The idea is to see how close the ends of your forefinger nails can be brought together without touching.1980 December 28, Janice Okun, “How Do You Spell Re(hic)lief?”, in Barbara Lamb, editor, The Magazine of The Buffalo News, Buffalo, N.Y.…. From the entry forefinger nail
• Browsing the wares of the little fellow in his red uniform with gold buttons, Wesley pinched an hors d’oeuvre between thumb and forefinger.2020 July 7, J.S. Morin, The Girls Are Back in Town (Black Ocean: Mercy for Hire; Mission 13), United States: Magical Scrivener Press, →ISBN. From the entry snackerino
• With her biggest marble, a Bumboozer, poised like a bomb between her thumb and forefinger, she closed one eye and took a steadying breath.2011, Suzanne Forster, Wild Child. From the entry bumboozer
• With his thumb and forefinger he lifted one spaghetto at a time and dunked it into the bowl of sauce before eating it.2004 September 7, D. L. Stewart, “Cyclone Salad Set To Hit School Cafeterias”, in Dayton Daily News. From the entry spaghetto
• "Well, I swow!" ejaculated the Cap'n, rubbing his knurly forefinger under his nose, and glancing first at the parrots and then at the lady.1911, Holman Day, The Skipper and the Skipped. From the entry knurly
• He stretches out his arm and then rubs his thumb and forefinger together as if he is playing the world's smallest violin for the world's largest whiner.2008, Patsy Clairmont, I Second That Emotion: Untangling Our Zany Feelings. From the entry world's smallest violin
• A big man wearing an agbada with gold thread embroidery at the neck and sleeves came up to him holding a glass of champagne between his thumb and forefinger.1974, Oliver Jackman, Saw the House in Half, Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry agbada
• Now she stands musing on the beach, leg locked, pelvis aslant, thumb and forefingers propped along the iliac crest and lightly, propped lightly as an athlete.1961 May, Walker Percy, chapter 1, in The Moviegoer, New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, published May 1962, →OCLC, part 3, page 123. From the entry aslant
• A few days before, I snicked my forefinger with the curved banana knife at the store, and a callusy scab toughened the ball of my fingertip.1961, John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent, Penguin Books, published 2008, →ISBN. From the entry callusy
• He displayed a forefinger nail which had been slit the entire length, leaving a scar, and said that one of his large toenails had undergone similar treatment.1925 January 4, “[Arnold Henry Savage] Landor Lived to Tell of Tortures in Tibet […]”, in The New York Times (section 8), volume LXXIV…. From the entry forefinger nail
• But when Kac held it up between thumb and forefinger and aimed a small, hand-held laser at it, the word AGORA appeared in lurid green letters on the opposite wall.2023 December 30, Frank Rose, “A 'Holopoem' for the Cosmos”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry holopoem

Meaning of forefinger

1. noun The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.

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How do you use forefinger in a sentence?

Forefinger is used as a noun. For example: “The thumb is opposable to the forefinger.”

What is a short sentence with forefinger?

“The thumb is opposable to the forefinger.”

What does forefinger mean?

Forefinger means the index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.