As we have said, he expounds himself no more, the significant forefinger is down, the eye no longer imprisons yours. From Wordnik.com. [Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910] Reference
To make identity absolutely certain, on the forefinger was a ring of native gold, which the Dutchman always wore. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference
His fingers curved into a lion's open mouth; on his forefinger was the royal ring of Troizen, with the Mother being worshipped on a pillar. From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
Showing him with a thumb and forefinger: That close. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman Walks Into A Bar] Reference
She rubbed it softly with the forefinger of the other hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
From where I sat I saw his coarse forefinger stop under a head-line. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Wearing a plastic smile, she motioned Ryan over with her forefinger. From Wordnik.com. [Gold Digger] Reference
The pustule on the forefinger shews the disease in an earlier stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
She presses the stone between the pads of her thumb and forefinger. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives That Came Before You, The Lives That Never End] Reference
His right forefinger struck the letter emphatically in his other hand. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
Garron bent over it, his thumb and forefinger uncovering the face of a baby. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
Badger pinched my cheek between his thick hairy thumb and stubby forefinger. From Wordnik.com. [Riverfront] Reference
He ran his forefinger round the rim of the lid then sucked at his fingertip. From Wordnik.com. [Down to Earth] Reference
Toffy continued to pick out the tune with his forefinger from Mrs. Chance's book. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
He flung out a pudgy forefinger, his protruding eyes wide in his blotchy red face. From Wordnik.com. [It Could Be Anything] Reference
I rolled each one between my forefinger and thumb, and then I placed it on my tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Eye Socket Girls] Reference
He mutely stuck his arm out, the note clamped between his damp thumb and forefinger. From Wordnik.com. [Bread, Fish, Serpent, Stone (continued)] Reference
He put out a few flaming blades of grass with his thumb and forefinger and looked inside. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing Revolts] Reference
"He was in the top one percentile," Bunning said, pinching his thumb and forefinger together. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Bunning mocks Stephen Strasburg] Reference
Holding the shell between his thumb and forefinger, he sat forward, and flung it into the surf. From Wordnik.com. [The Spear Master] Reference
He looked at me and gave the universal sign for money, rubbing together his thumb and forefinger. From Wordnik.com. [Why We Need a Draft: A Marine’s Lament] Reference
She could squish his head between her thumb and her forefinger if she wanted to, Stroman thought. From Wordnik.com. [Knowing] Reference
Dad put a forefinger and thumb to the bridge of his nose and passed a strained sigh through his teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Fifth of July] Reference
In that case, you can reach up and push it with your forefinger instead of using one of your lesser digits. From Wordnik.com. [Pet peeve: Some Fords favor turning right] Reference
"Dip quickly your forefinger in the blood of this slain one, and anoint with it the beak of the black bird.". From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Before his outstretched forefinger can punch in the code she gave him, however, he realizes it might've been a fake. From Wordnik.com. [Out On The Waves] Reference
"The president, red faced, turned towards me, jabbed me with his forefinger, and yelled ..." begins a typical passage. From Wordnik.com. [See Dick Run The Country] Reference
A language-trained orangutan was also observed blowing through its thumb and forefinger to express the word "balloon". From Wordnik.com. [Orangutans use mime to make themselves understood] Reference
Introduce yourself to Bax, the porter, by giving him two slaps on the back and a dig with right-hand forefinger in ribs. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Aren't we all trained to follow certain customs, such as the proper way to hold a fork between your middle and forefinger?. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Russnow: Cutting Meat and Switching Hands to Eat: It's the American Way, Though Not in Films or TV] Reference
One of them then traced a small cross with his forefinger upon the wall, and immediately there opened a small vaulted chamber. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Mr. Judge, "he whispered, leaning forward, and holding up his forefinger to enforce strict secrecy," I keep a paid agent in Nova. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
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