Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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After her resounding victory at a jury trial three months ago, Cardi B prevailed again Friday over the security guard who claimed the Grammy-winning rapper scratched her face with an acrylic fingernail outside a Beverly Hills doctor’s office in 2018.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2025
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Movie creatures have been in his blood and in his soul and under his fingernails since Hill was making monsters out of riverbank clay as a kid.
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Coroner officers typically bag the hands of victims to preserve any trace evidence, like skin cells, on the hands or under the fingernails, Williams said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2025
Your Nails May Get Stronger Collagen supplementation may help improve the appearance and health of your fingernails.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 5 Dec. 2025
Movie creatures have been in his blood and in his soul and under his fingernails since Hill was making monsters out of riverbank clay as a kid.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2025
Coroner officers typically bag the hands of victims to preserve any trace evidence, like skin cells, on the hands or under the fingernails, Williams said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 15 Dec. 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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