Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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The 11-year-old also had dried feces on his face, arms and hands, and underneath his fingernails, per the complaint.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
At one point, Terrill, who was wearing long acrylic fingernails, hooked her finger on one cuff to prevent the Agents from latching the second cuff onto her wrist.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Debris that may be key evidence could be as small as a fingernail, experts told CNN, and might have been thrown miles away.
—Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The inner screen, however, remained fragile, showing marks even from a fingernail.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
At one point, Terrill, who was wearing long acrylic fingernails, hooked her finger on one cuff to prevent the Agents from latching the second cuff onto her wrist.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Debris that may be key evidence could be as small as a fingernail, experts told CNN, and might have been thrown miles away.
—Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
The inner screen, however, remained fragile, showing marks even from a fingernail.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 23 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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