How to Use little finger in a Sentence

little finger

noun
  • Your thumb and little finger might bend to hold your phone in place.
    Shari Rudavsky, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2017
  • For context, a degree in the sky is the width of a little finger held against the sky at arm's length.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
  • His little fingers went stiff and his hand was straight like a board.
    Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The pages have smooth cutout shapes perfect for fat little fingers to grab.
    Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Make sure there are no holes or hinges that could catch little fingers.
    Maggie Rauser, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The pieces are rubbery, textured, and squishy, so they are made for little fingers and safe for teething.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 17 May 2024
  • The video focuses on details, from the twins' little fingers and toes to the decor around their nursery.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Each swing chain is coated in a soft pinch-free cover which will keep little fingers safe and the chains free of rust.
    Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • There, doctors said the tendons and nerves in her ring and little fingers were ruptured in the attack.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 26 May 2025
  • The pitch hit Acuña’s little finger on the bottom of the bat, and Atlanta said X-rays on the finger were negative.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 9 May 2021
  • Brosnan then made a show of trying to squeeze his little finger back into place around the weapon.
    Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Fish prints line the walls of his home in the picturesque fishing village Cagdwith and a chunky silver ring in the shape of a fish hugs his little finger.
    1843, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Plus, the swings’ chains are coated to protect little fingers.
    Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 5 July 2023
  • Plesac, who broke the little finger on his right hand on Aug. 27, won’t be in the rotation for the three-game, wild-card series.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Some days, his son, now 3, sits in his father’s lap and traces burn scars with his little fingers and asks what happened.
    courier-journal.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The journalists asked if the girls could wrap Papa around their little fingers.
    Owen Matthews, Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2014
  • Sale’s little finger was fractured in the first inning on Sunday when Aaron Hicks smoked him with a wicked line drive.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
  • Fish prints line the walls of his home in the picturesque fishing village of Cadgwith and a chunky silver ring in the shape of a fish hugs his little finger.
    The Economist, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Most are quite small, often tinier than your little finger, though some can be as long as your forearm.
    Thomas Cronin, University Of Maryland, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Breathing deeply from your diaphragm, place your right thumb on your right nostril and your ring and little fingers on your left.
    James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2017
  • On Friday the Guardians announced that Plesac had suffered a broken fifth metacarpal in the little finger of his right hand.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Mr Spinney opened and shut Big Bird’s eyelids by moving a 5lb (2.3kg) lever with his little finger.
    The Economist, 14 Dec. 2019
  • Jesus’ left hand is poised to caress his mom’s little finger, just as any baby might do.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • For little fingers that love to tinker, there aren’t many better games than Planet.
    Dan Thurot, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2020
  • All 13 members wear a distinct ring on their little finger.
    Natalie Morin, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Plus, the two latches are easy for little fingers to open, though, after several years of use, a latch on one of our kids’ boxes broke.
    Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
  • Who knows what kinds of diseases 6-year-olds carry on their grubby little fingers?
    New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • For scale, the tip of your little finger held at arm's length accounts for roughly 1 degree of sky.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • That’s when a movie really has a tendency to work on you, to get its cold little fingers under your skin.
    William Earl, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That's the width of a little finger held at arm's length.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025

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