How to Use fingerprint in a Sentence

fingerprint

noun
  • Detectives found his fingerprints all over the gun.
  • Everyone has a unique fingerprint.
  • Like a whisky glass at the end of a long evening, his fingerprints are all over the third IWC carrying his name.
    Robin Swithinbank, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2023
  • His fingerprints were in the system due to a prior arrest for a DWI in 1999.
    Caroline Guthrie, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The bloody fingerprints matched three men who had already died.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Glass is a magnet for gunk, stains, and sticky fingerprints.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2023
  • And if your fingerprint doesn’t work right on your phone scanner, that’s fine.
    Shira Ovide, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • The Douglas County Crime Lab was called to process the new crime scene and collect fingerprints.
    Christina Coulter, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Mingo’s fingerprints were found on the cardboard box that was carried into the home and left at the home.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Wipe down your front and back cameras to get rid of any fingerprints or debris.
    Fox News, 26 July 2023
  • It's scrawled on a scrap of notebook paper that is streaked with bloody fingerprints.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The safe rooms’ electric and bulletproof doors open with a key fob or a fingerprint.
    Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2024
  • An office worker files fingerprints and mugshots in the 1930s.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Just like a thief that leaves behind an oily fingerprint at a crime scene, age leaves its own telltale mark.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Depending on the age of the child, fingerprints may also be taken.
    Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Currently, fingerprint cards must be mailed to the state for background checks.
    Claire Stremple, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
  • Keep in Mind The stainless steel base may require cleaning of fingerprints.
    Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Like fingerprints, the skin of people’s feet is unique and leaves an impression that can be compared.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
  • Employees would scan their fingerprint to clock in and out.
    Richard Ruelas, USA TODAY, 16 May 2023
  • But as the person in charge of the company’s 1,400 lawyers, her fingerprints were all over its strategy.
    Emily Birnbaum, Bloomberg.com, 6 June 2023
  • Police recovered a blood sample from the front porch, as well as a fingerprint from the door, the document reads.
    Elise Hammond, CNN, 17 Apr. 2023
  • This chemistry gives the molten rock a unique chemical fingerprint that can act like a tracer.
    Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The right side of the device has a volume rocker and a fingerprint sensor/power button.
    Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 29 Aug. 2023
  • That evidence included hair and more than 40 fingerprints found at the crime scene that did not match Mr. Long’s, the lawsuit said.
    Michael Levenson, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2024
  • There is also a privacy button to the left of the fingerprint reader for easy access.
    Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The fingerprint reader and Windows Hello camera both work well for sign-in.
    Monica Chin, The Verge, 8 June 2023
  • Over the weekend came a severe heat wave that also bore the fingerprints of an El Niño period.
    Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Cage’s fingerprints remain everywhere in the San Diego State record book.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • This prevents anyone from using your fingerprint or face to open your phone.
    John Kennedy, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Most sunglasses will come with a microfiber fabric swatch to use to gently clean fingerprints or dust off of the lenses.
    Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2023

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