How to Use index finger in a Sentence

index finger

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  • Place the tip of your index finger under your chin and the tip of your thumb against your chest.
    — Claire Sibonney, Wired, 11 May 2021
  • Using your index finger, make a hole in the center of the disk.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Clarkson went outside and tried to throw the football not using his index finger.
    — Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • While your hair is damp after washing, take your hair in one-inch sections and wrap the end of a section around your index finger.
    — Lauren Farrell, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • His best tip for making a jaw look longer (i.e., avoiding a double chin) is to make an L shape with your index finger and thumb.
    — Claire Sibonney, Wired, 11 May 2021
  • One officer lost the tip of his right index finger during the Jan. 6 assault.
    — New York Times, 13 Apr. 2021
  • CF Roman Quinn needed nine stitches for a cut on his right index finger.
    — Rob Maaddi, Star Tribune, 4 May 2021
  • Hold your thumb and index finger as close together as possible without touching.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Using the tips of his thumb and index finger, Rodriguez gently pinched the end of the barrel far from the trigger — and dropped the weapon to the ground.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The index finger may have also become separated from the emperor’s hand at that point, reports the Guardian.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Ball scored 13 points with five rebounds and two assists and wore tape between his right thumb and index finger after appearing to hurt the hand during the first half.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Bobby Dalbec was taken out of the lineup because of a sore right index finger after being hit by a bad-hop grounder on Saturday.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • When Davis asked Spann to put his hands on a cruiser for a search, Spann pointed his index finger in the officer’s face, according to the account.
    — Justin Jouvenal, baltimoresun.com, 2 May 2021
  • Then, late in his return to action on Jan. 12 at Oklahoma State, Thompson broke his right index finger vying for a loose ball.
    — Matt Galloway, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The leather part between the index finger and the thumb adds in the gripping.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 15 June 2021
  • With this bolt, the edge to the left of the tape (nearest the index finger) is the point at which the bolt will be cut.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The tip of your index finger should rest near where the bowl meets the handle.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Hold the Senko with your thumb and index finger to find the center.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Hurts held the index finger and thumb on his right hand about an inch or so apart.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Here's how: Hold your left hand up and use the index finger of your right hand to press on that pad of flesh.
    — Christopher Michel, Country Living, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Put the point of the ball exactly on the pinch-sized mark and hold it with your right index finger.
    — Matt Cohen, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2022
  • Dab your index finger in the water and dampen the edges of the wrapper.
    — Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2021
  • In the photo, the rapper has the ring on his index finger, with the sparkling gems on full display.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 28 July 2023
  • Tepera had been on the IL since Sept. 11 with a cut on his right index finger.
    — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Players use the index finger to strike down on one of the long strings, and the thumb sounds the akonting's short string as the hand moves back upward.
    — Aaron Cohen, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The ad showed an index finger and a thumb appearing to pinch a sausage.
    — Jake Kwon, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
  • On the porch, Williamson waved an index finger and went back inside.
    — Ruby Cramer, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Ann will pick them up with a thumb and an index finger, holding her nose the whole way.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Godley was struck on his right index finger by the ball on that play, which led to his exodus in the fourth after a leadoff walk to Diaz, balk and hit-by-pitch with Chad Wallach batting.
    — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Herbert missed the final four games last year because of a fractured right index finger.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024

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