How to Use pinkie in a Sentence

pinkie

noun
  • In July, a line drive off the bat of Aaron Hicks broke his pinkie.
    Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The ulnar side of the wrist is nearest the pinkie finger.
    Ben Rothenberg, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Mine is worn on the pinkie of my right hand, along with my wedding ring.
    Dora Fung, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Some are just a month old and barely larger than the tip of a pinkie.
    Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Drill into the stumps to create holes the size of your pinkie finger.
    Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Two curved pieces of metal the length of half a pinkie finger were joined by a small nut and bolt.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Casas in a jam Triston Casas was a late scratch Tuesday with a sore left pinkie.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Interlace your hands, pinkies to the floor and press your forearms and hands into the mat.
    Shauna Harrison, SELF, 28 Mar. 2023
  • He’s had a great spring after getting a late start due to a broken pinkie.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Chris Sale hasn’t been around the team for 11 weeks because of fractures in his left pinkie finger and right wrist.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
  • On the back, insert your pinkie into the heel and make sure your finger fits snuggly.
    Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 27 July 2023
  • Wilbourn had cuts to his arm, knee, side, back and pinkie finger, according to court records.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, chicagotribune.com, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Austin Slater was back in the lineup Tuesday for the first time since dislocating the pinkie on his left hand.
    Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Staff members were able to capture 23 adult rats and seven babies (known as pinkies) on the first day.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2023
  • In her group’s latest study, the strokes on the table were sometimes half or double the length of a typical pinkie.
    Matthew Hutson, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022
  • In Pinky Promise, there are two of her, mint green this time, standing side by side in the woods with pinkies and nipples touching.
    Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The length of a child’s pinkie finger, the slug had four antennae protruding from its face, but no eyes.
    Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2020
  • His assorted broken bones — right wrist, left pinkie, and a rib at last count — won’t be a problem by the time camp starts.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Her solve—sizing down and wearing her Oura as a pinkie ring—earned the wellness tool a spot at the Khaite show alongside the rest of her outfit.
    Erika Veurink, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Antetokounmpo even had them each pinky swear and kissed their pinkies to seal the deal.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2023
  • Scott also came into the tournament with a health issue, a broken bone near the pinkie in his right hand.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2021
  • Fold down the middle three fingers of your right hand, leaving your thumb and pinkie extended.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 7 July 2021
  • Underneath the uniform were a single tooth, two right rib fragments, one long bone fragment and the metatarsal from a right pinkie.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Her pinkies appear to be an iridescent, sea-glass-like emerald green with steel-gray chrome tips.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 22 June 2023
  • The tiny animal, shorter than your pinkie, might not appear to be much more than a tube with a dark streak running along its back.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Some fish eat tiny midges and will be fooled only by flies smaller than my pinkie fingernail.
    Meredith Erickson, Saveur, 29 Apr. 2019
  • My gold band, size 7.5, now fits loosely on my pinkie, an odd and unwelcome placement.
    Candy Schulman, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • During the first week of camp, Vargas suffered a hairline fracture in his right pinkie while taking a grounder.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Now close off your left nostril with your pinkie, releasing your thumb off your right nostril.
    Dana Santas, CNN, 7 July 2021
  • Last year, Jani Hakanpää broke his pinkie in the first preseason game but still played in the season opener in New York 2 1/2 weeks later.
    Dallas News, 30 Sep. 2022

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