FINGERS in a Sentence

Learn FINGERS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
343 example sentences for FINGERS, such as:
1. His fingers were numb with cold.
2. I'm so cold I can't move my fingers.
3. Interlock your fingers behind your back.
4. Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers.
5. Her fingers played in Scarlett's black hair.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of FINGERS
finger
 n.  the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
 n.  any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The girl seemed to waver, and Frome saw her twirl the end of her scarf irresolutely about her fingers.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  He had not even touched the tip of her fingers or looked her full in the eyes.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VI
3  Ellen finished and Gerald, who could never find his beads at prayer time, began furtively counting his decade on his fingers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  Scarlett dug her fingers into the upholstery of the carriage and for a moment her parasol wavered.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  And, worst of all, she had burned two blisters on her fingers helping Pittypat and Cookie make layer cakes for raffling.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
6  Her fingers played in Scarlett's black hair.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
7  He was beside her quickly and his deft fingers untied the wide bow under her chin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  She wished that she could cry, do something to ease the iron fingers that were digging into her throat.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
9  Cold little ripples of fear that started in the pit of her stomach were radiating outward until the fingers that touched her cheeks were cold, though the rest of her body streamed perspiration.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
10  She shrank closer to Rhett, took his arm in fingers that trembled and looked up at him for words, for comfort, for something reassuring.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  She knotted the ends with fingers that bled from blisters and shook from fatigue.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  She tied the other end to the back of the wagon, as securely as her awkward fingers would permit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  The echo of her own thoughts infuriated her and Scarlett shook off the pinching fingers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
14  Scarlett's bleeding fingers sought her father's hand urgently.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
15  Grandma in particular was devoted to Ellen and there were very few people in the County for whom the old lady gave a snap of her skinny fingers.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
Example Sentence: (133 in 9 pages)
1  I tried a dating agency once, but got my fingers badly burnt - I'll never do it again.
2  Her arm was bandaged from the elbow to the fingers.
3  Too much commitment to slip away from the fingers dare ask what.
4  Using the right hand to touch the string gently through the fingers,the trace of lubrication,with my flying fantasy.
5  His fingers left a smear of sweat on the wall.
6  My fingers were numb and my whole body ached.
7  Gain got by a lie will burn one's fingers.
8  I rubbed a clear patch on the window with my fingers.
9  You can tell how nervous she is by the way her fingers worry at the edge of the tablecloth.
10  My fingers were so numb I could hardly write.
11  Interlock your fingers behind your back.
12  If I have lost the ring, yet the fingers are still here.
13  With trembling fingers, he removed the camera from his pocket.
14  I'm so cold I can't move my fingers.
15  His fingers were numb with cold.