How to Use fingerprint in a Sentence

fingerprint

noun
  • Detectives found his fingerprints all over the gun.
  • Everyone has a unique fingerprint.
  • Hand cream makes everything slippery and leaves greasy fingerprints all over my phone screen.
    Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Humpbacks have unique patterns and designs similar to a human fingerprint, which means no two humpback tails are the same.
    Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Nesty’s fingerprints are, of course, all over the United States’ pool prospects here.
    Rick Maese, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
  • 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
  • And fingerprints weren’t such an issue then; touch screens were yet to come.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • 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
  • Police had lifted his fingerprint from the window of the green sedan.
    Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024
  • An office worker files fingerprints and mugshots in the 1930s.
    Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2023
  • They were told that Cook had placed it there to protect the silencer during his fingerprint tests.
    Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
  • 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
  • The suspect, caught on camera, appears to have left his fingerprint and palm prints behind on the glass, Downey said.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 4 May 2024
  • Depending on the age of the child, fingerprints may also be taken.
    Katie Seemann, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Sure, the new Pixel has some great photo tricks and the in-screen fingerprint sensor is improved.
    Joanna Stern, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Currently, fingerprint cards must be mailed to the state for background checks.
    Claire Stremple, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
  • But this is very clear that this is not just some fingerprint evidence.
    Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Each school, save Washington State and Oregon State, has fingerprints on the weapon.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 14 June 2024
  • 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

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