How to Use little finger in a Sentence

little finger

noun
Definition of little fingernext
  • Your thumb and little finger might bend to hold your phone in place.
    — Shari Rudavsky, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2017
  • His little fingers went stiff and his hand was straight like a board.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 16 Jan. 2020
  • Make sure there are no holes or hinges that could catch little fingers.
    — Maggie Rauser, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 30 Nov. 2019
  • Each swing chain is coated in a soft pinch-free cover which will keep little fingers safe and the chains free of rust.
    — Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • The pitch hit Acuña’s little finger on the bottom of the bat, and Atlanta said X-rays on the finger were negative.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 9 May 2021
  • Fish prints line the walls of his home in the picturesque fishing village Cagdwith and a chunky silver ring in the shape of a fish hugs his little finger.
    — 1843, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Plus, the swings’ chains are coated to protect little fingers.
    — Lauren Wellbank, Parents, 5 July 2023
  • Plesac, who broke the little finger on his right hand on Aug. 27, won’t be in the rotation for the three-game, wild-card series.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Some days, his son, now 3, sits in his father’s lap and traces burn scars with his little fingers and asks what happened.
    — courier-journal.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The journalists asked if the girls could wrap Papa around their little fingers.
    — Owen Matthews, Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2014
  • Sale’s little finger was fractured in the first inning on Sunday when Aaron Hicks smoked him with a wicked line drive.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2022
  • Fish prints line the walls of his home in the picturesque fishing village of Cadgwith and a chunky silver ring in the shape of a fish hugs his little finger.
    — The Economist, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Most are quite small, often tinier than your little finger, though some can be as long as your forearm.
    — Thomas Cronin, University Of Maryland, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2018
  • Breathing deeply from your diaphragm, place your right thumb on your right nostril and your ring and little fingers on your left.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2017
  • On Friday the Guardians announced that Plesac had suffered a broken fifth metacarpal in the little finger of his right hand.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Mr Spinney opened and shut Big Bird’s eyelids by moving a 5lb (2.3kg) lever with his little finger.
    — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2019
  • For little fingers that love to tinker, there aren’t many better games than Planet.
    — Dan Thurot, Ars Technica, 25 Apr. 2020
  • All 13 members wear a distinct ring on their little finger.
    — Natalie Morin, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Plus, the two latches are easy for little fingers to open, though, after several years of use, a latch on one of our kids’ boxes broke.
    — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 31 July 2023
  • Who knows what kinds of diseases 6-year-olds carry on their grubby little fingers?
    — New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • Then, curl your first three fingers toward the center of your palm, leaving your thumb and little finger upright.
    — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The color picture depicts the artist’s hand, missing its little finger and holding in its palm a small black-and-white photo of his mother.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The boy sat in a silver desk chair, nervously swivelling, tracing one of the scratches on his face with his little finger.
    — George Saunders, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Plesac, with a non-displaced fracture of the little finger on his right hand, threw long toss Monday afternoon.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Inver Grove serves the fish sliced into little fingers (almost like clam strips) and lightly breaded.
    — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2019
  • And in the murk, the dominant creature, the ubiquitous bristlemouth, is smaller than a human's little finger.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 2 July 2021
  • For your favorite tot Keep little fingers busy and growing minds stimulated with toys that stand out from the dime-a-dozen plastic playthings.
    — Leigh-Ann Jackson, wsj.com, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But the main focus of attention in Ibrahimovic's Tweet was the condition of Bailly's little finger, which appeared to be painfully bent out of shape.
    — SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Making the signature gesture of the Texas Longhorn football team, a clenched fist with the index finger and little finger extended.
    — Christopher Elliott, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The bed has a secure double plug, which is very resistant to curious little fingers and unlikely to spring open on its own during the night.
    — Mandy Harris, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2023

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