Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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Among the key findings spurred by the work of Dorotik’s defense team was the lack of her DNA on crucial evidence such as her husband’s clothing, the rope with which he was strangled and scrapings from beneath his fingernails.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
To illustrate, this means a fingernail-sized piece could support the weight of 190 tons.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
The grotesque details—the uncle’s fingernails piercing his hands, the dog’s permanent terror of rabbits—are simply there.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Lumpkins’ fingernails were broken off because she had been dragged from under the bed.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
To illustrate, this means a fingernail-sized piece could support the weight of 190 tons.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
The grotesque details—the uncle’s fingernails piercing his hands, the dog’s permanent terror of rabbits—are simply there.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Lumpkins’ fingernails were broken off because she had been dragged from under the bed.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 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 16 Nov. 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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