How to Use middle finger in a Sentence

middle finger

noun
  • 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
  • Where her three middle fingers should be, there are only tiny stumps that have no bones.
    Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2023
  • As Rodriguez left, the suit says, Lizzo raised both her middle fingers and yelled a slur.
    Diana Dasrath, NBC News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Ohtani left the mound in Tuesday's start because of a blister on his right middle finger.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 4 July 2023
  • One man paused his morning jog to snap a selfie in front of the tower, his middle finger aloft.
    Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 31 May 2024
  • For effect, Barker added the middle finger emoji at the end.
    Glamour, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Fans flew middle fingers into the cloudless sky, a regional salute to the haters in tow.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • There were pins of peace, pins of war and even a few pins giving a diplomatic middle finger.
    Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The driver then ran over the front wheel and past the light as the cyclist displayed two middle fingers as the vehicle passed him.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 June 2024
  • Two men who had come from nearby Dallas kissed for the cameras and raised a middle finger.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2022
  • One aggrieved council member soon likened the masts of the yacht to a giant middle finger, pointed at the city.
    New York Times, 29 July 2022
  • The cape had a tight sleeve that turned into a glove around her middle finger and was composed of vintage lace.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Herbert suffered an injury to his left middle finger near the end of the third quarter.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The suspect saw the woman and raised his middle finger at her, a gesture people in the area clearly saw.
    cleveland, 8 July 2022
  • His avatar features him giving the middle finger to the camera.
    Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
  • One man tries sticking his middle finger in the box instead.
    Ian Goldstein, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The couple — who are expecting their first child together — were also snapped sitting together on the same couch while cheekily showing their middle fingers to the camera.
    Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024

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