Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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Debris that may be key evidence could be as small as a fingernail, experts told CNN, and might have been thrown miles away.
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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
When butternut squash is ready to harvest, the skin will harden and cannot be pierced easily with a fingernail.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
This time around, while Chambers remains turned away, Teasdale crouches with an unsettling smile and long fingernails, conjuring a skin-crawling suspense.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
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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
When butternut squash is ready to harvest, the skin will harden and cannot be pierced easily with a fingernail.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025
This time around, while Chambers remains turned away, Teasdale crouches with an unsettling smile and long fingernails, conjuring a skin-crawling suspense.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 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 22 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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