Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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Then the three of us found ourselves in Vancouver with cat fingernails and wigs, dressing up like cats, and the the rest is history.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Quagga mussels and golden mussels, fingernail-sized invaders infesting California waterways, clog the water pumps and pipes responsible for distributing water to millions of people and vast stretches of farmland.
—Pam Marrone, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Some are as small as our fingernails, some are as large as our fists, and others are in chains that can be many meters long.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Set in the near future, Apple TV+’s All of You just might remind you of another futuristic Apple romdram, 2023’s Fingernails from director Christos Nikou, in which Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed test their love by having their fingernails pulled off.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Quagga mussels and golden mussels, fingernail-sized invaders infesting California waterways, clog the water pumps and pipes responsible for distributing water to millions of people and vast stretches of farmland.
—Pam Marrone, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
Some are as small as our fingernails, some are as large as our fists, and others are in chains that can be many meters long.
—Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Set in the near future, Apple TV+’s All of You just might remind you of another futuristic Apple romdram, 2023’s Fingernails from director Christos Nikou, in which Jessie Buckley and Riz Ahmed test their love by having their fingernails pulled off.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fingernail
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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fingernail
noun
fin·ger·nail
ˈfiŋ-gər-ˌnāl 
ˌfiŋ-gər-ˈnā(ə)l
: the nail of a finger
Medical Definition
fingernail
noun
fin·ger·nail
ˈfiŋ-gər-ˌnāl, ˌfiŋ-gər-ˈnā(ə)l
: the nail of a finger
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