How to Use middle finger in a Sentence

middle finger

noun
  • Some drivers honked their horns and waved in approval, though a few gave the group the middle finger.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2021
  • The middle finger of either hand is exposed while the thumb and index finger are closed.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 6 May 2021
  • So Arihara is now out with a contusion on his right middle finger.
    Dallas News, 9 May 2021
  • Mosby turned, raised her hand — at first with only her thumb extended — and then the video shows her flashing him the middle finger.
    Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 20 May 2021
  • The improved touchscreen leather is more sensitive at the thumbs, forefinger, and middle finger.
    Tim Kohut, BGR, 14 May 2021
  • Feliz missed most of last season with right forearm discomfort and he was sidelined for a couple of weeks last month with a cracked nail on his right middle finger.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 14 May 2021
  • Cora asks to relieve herself and makes a joke about ruining the fancy dress, a middle finger to Ridgeway.
    Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 16 May 2021
  • Raiders snapback hat was as good as a middle finger in the ’90s; short-hand for hip-hop and anti-establishment swagger.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2021
  • O'Neill crushed a 451-foot homer to center field in his first at-bat since a fracture in his left middle finger kept him out of the lineup for nearly two weeks.
    David Brandt, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2021
  • The 23rd-seeded Khachanov was treated by a trainer in the fifth set after cutting his right middle finger by hitting his racket strings in anger.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2021
  • Yang will pitch at Minnesota in place of Kohei Arihara, who got an injection for a sore right middle finger.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 5 May 2021
  • Báez and Garrett continued to yell at each other from across the field, and Báez gave Garrett a middle finger salute when he was held by Moustakas.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 1 May 2021
  • On the same freakin’ day, when your self image is already scheduled to get shaky, Venus tosses two middle fingers up at the ruler of luck and spurns the representative of organization.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 15 July 2024
  • Stan — fresh off of Disney+'s Falcon and the Winter Soldier — posted a photo of himself flashing the middle finger while perched on the hood of a sports car.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 8 May 2021
  • The blood was drawn from a cut on his right middle finger.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Bend the knuckles and middle finger joints and reach for your palm.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Woodley chose to place the ink on the inside of his left middle finger.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Place your thumb on the bottom of the plunger and your index and middle fingers on the base of either side of the nozzle.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Jackson added pieces of the bill that displayed the number 100 to the thumbnail and middle finger.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • To them Roger Goodell gives the middle finger, in return for what?
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • At one point in the series, Thing gives a character the middle finger.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The flag that hangs now carries the same message but without the middle finger.
    Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Rapp yelled this out with Kesha, with both pop stars giving the middle finger at the same time.
    Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2024
  • And the middle finger is not what the American people want.
    ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • At one point, he was called to the actor’s house because Depp had severed the top of his middle finger.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The girl counts to 10 before flashing her handlers the middle finger.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Willis said Civale, who missed a big part of last season with a injury to the middle finger of his right hand, is healthy.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 14 May 2022
  • Kaprielian had a laceration near the nail of his right middle finger that was enough for the A’s to scratch him.
    John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Sep. 2022
  • A lot of people think my big goal is to alienate people and to give them a big middle finger.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Here’s what to do: Use the pads of your index and middle finger — not your thumb, which has its own pulse and can confuse you.
    Trisha Pasricha, Washington Post, 29 July 2024

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