Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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The right-hander had to leave his last start early because of a bleeding, cracked fingernail on the middle finger of his pitching hand.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
The early rounds were easy enough—run barefoot through the snow, or dig a hole in the dirt with their fingernails.
—Air Mail, 3 May 2025
Authorities then obtained a DNA sample from Hughes that matched DNA found underneath Parcell's fingernails.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 2 May 2025
The case did go unsolved until late 2022, when cold case homicide investigators took a secret DNA sample from Grimsley, which was later matched to blood from Ladwig’s turtleneck and skin cells underneath her fingernails, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
The early rounds were easy enough—run barefoot through the snow, or dig a hole in the dirt with their fingernails.
—Air Mail, 3 May 2025
Authorities then obtained a DNA sample from Hughes that matched DNA found underneath Parcell's fingernails.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 2 May 2025
The case did go unsolved until late 2022, when cold case homicide investigators took a secret DNA sample from Grimsley, which was later matched to blood from Ladwig’s turtleneck and skin cells underneath her fingernails, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 22 May. 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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