How to Use fingernail in a Sentence

fingernail

noun

• I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
• He had dirt under his fingernails.
• Use your fingernail or a knife to scratch the bark on a twig or a branch.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 4 Mar. 2021
• First, there is the implant, which is the size of a fingernail.
  — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• Nor was a sore fingernail that led him to wear a glove in warm-ups.
  — Dallas News, 22 Oct. 2022
• But take your fingernail and scratch the bark from the tree and a pale green line appears.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Apr. 2021
• The rind should be so tough that your fingernail cannot dent it.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
• Nudge off any stuck-on bits with your fingernail and buff the screen dry.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 27 Feb. 2023
• To access the sweet fruit of the lychee, pierce the fruit with your fingernail then peel back the skin and squeeze out the fruit.
  — Ashley Martens, Redbook, 15 Apr. 2023
• But, like our fingernails, horns get a lot of day-to-day use.
  — Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
• The fingernails picking at the strings of the guitar are lined with black dirt.
  — David Montero, latimes.com, 14 June 2018
• His fingernails were long and curved and ridged with dirt.
  — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
• To tell whether a branch is dead, gently nick the bark with your fingernail or the back of a pruner’s blade.
  — chicagotribune.com, 17 Apr. 2022
• The girl said the teacher had grabbed her arm and left marks on it from her fingernails.
  — cleveland, 21 Nov. 2019
• If some canes are black, scratch a cane with a fingernail.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 4 Apr. 2018
• Starting with your pinky finger, apply glue to the back of the nail and the top of your fingernail.
  — Jessica Ourisman, Good Housekeeping, 24 July 2019
• If this happens, use your fingernail or a small spoon to get the peanut out.
  — Matt and Ted Lee, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2023
• The righthander’s start had been pushed back a day because pf a cracked fingernail.
  — Bernie Wilson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2023
• Wash the site with soapy water and remove the stinger with gauze or a fingernail.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 21 July 2024
• The Tories lost two of them, while hanging on by their fingernails in the third.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 July 2023
• Rich Hill is already on the DL with a split fingernail.
  — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 23 Apr. 2018
• Flick the barb off with your fingernail or a credit card.
  — Mayo Clinic Q & A, chicagotribune.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• This will make the wax bits brittle and easy to nudge off with a dull knife or even just your fingernail.
  — Carolyn Forte, Good Housekeeping, 24 Dec. 2018
• Watch out for those fingernails when putting this cap on.
  — Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023
• These cherries were about the size of a fingernail, and mostly pit.
  — Ian Knauer, WSJ, 27 July 2022
• Keep child’s fingernails short and smooth to avoid nail damage to skin.
  — Philly.com, 8 May 2018
• Those are races that could be decided by the length of a fingernail.
  — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
• Then, work your fingernail under the edge of the film of glue and carefully peel it off.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 24 June 2019
• The show opened with a minidress spangled with images of a ruby-red mouth and fingernails.
  — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
• The team crafted every single detail from scratch—right down to the otherworldly eyeballs, teeth, tongues, and fingernails.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024