Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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The changes can affect your toenails or fingernails.
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Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 16 May 2025
Around for nearly a century, the half-moon manicure—in which the lunula of the fingernail is emphasized either with a contrasting color or negative space—comes back into fashion every few years.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 25 June 2025
Middleweight Israel Adesanya paints his fingernails too, but explains that has more of an aesthetic motivation.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Their flying accuracy needs to be within a mere millimeter, the thickness of a fingernail.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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Ruth Jessen Hickman, Health, 16 May 2025
Around for nearly a century, the half-moon manicure—in which the lunula of the fingernail is emphasized either with a contrasting color or negative space—comes back into fashion every few years.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 25 June 2025
Middleweight Israel Adesanya paints his fingernails too, but explains that has more of an aesthetic motivation.
—Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 17 June 2025
Their flying accuracy needs to be within a mere millimeter, the thickness of a fingernail.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2025
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 17 Jul. 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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