fingers 1 of 2

plural of finger

fingers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of finger

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fingers
Noun
Raising Cane’s airport menu The fast-food chain only offers five items – chicken fingers, Cane’s toast, coleslaw, crinkle cut fries and a chicken finger sandwich. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026 Movement came to her fingers slowly, in twitches, one finger, then another. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
Our connection was a bit like that [snaps fingers]. Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026 Elton John might have stepped into Christmas, but Christina Aguilera is diving into it fingers-first. Marci Robin, Allure, 9 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fingers
Verb
  • Boyd identifies the Airbus A220 and A320, along with the Embraer E175 and E190, as models with economy seats that are eighteen and even nineteen inches across.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • Rather than working through every possible scenario, conduct an environmental scan that identifies events that could materially impact performance.
    Jim DeLoach, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • Much of the season finds Lestat wrestling with profound guilt, including over the death of their daughter, Claudia (played with harrowing grace by Delainey Hayles).
    Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
  • Whatever the reason, Maryland finds itself in a deep hole in 2026, with no easy way out of it.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Verb
  • The paper also pinpoints a few technical challenges Debug will face.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 4 June 2026
  • This tool pinpoints the ancient latitude of any modern location, tracing its journey back to the peak of the supercontinent Pangaea.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Apr. 2026

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“Fingers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fingers. Accessed 16 Jul. 2026.

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