The fingered roots of giant trees.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Adjective : a five-fingered glove.    From Dictionary.com. 

The Captain fingered his heavy moustache to hide a smile, but he listened patiently to Sarah's complaints.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Peace Egg and a Christmas Mumming Play] Reference

Thin fingered twigs clutch darkly at nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Precipitations] Reference

Many were Just "fingered" by Accusers who received Bounty Money and No Scrutiny.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress] Reference

But it was also rumoured that several of the 'fingered' ministers were not willing to go quietly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Skipper] Reference

They had separately "fingered" each button in the hope of being able to detect that which was bloodstained, and so avoid bringing it forth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea] Reference

No one has ever fingered a specific informant before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Out Of The Attic, At Last] Reference

In the world of fast-fingered trading, that is a big gap to exploit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beating the Herd on the Street] Reference

But some experts question whether the Feds fingered the right person.    From Wordnik.com.  [Computer Lessons For Terrorists] Reference

What — that post I did abouttwelve-fingered typists at The New Yorker?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fictionaut, the Top Hat Cafe of the Internet] Reference

The administration officials fingered by her flatly deny the allegations.    From Wordnik.com.  [White House Dirty Tricks?] Reference

But at the moment each has now fingered a different villain in the process.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book On The Future] Reference

(A piece of plastic the size of a fingernail ultimately fingered the attackers.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Death On Flight 800] Reference

But a witness fingered Davis, and the police launched a highly publicized manhunt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Actual Innocence] Reference

Investigators eventually fingered Libya, and international sanctions were imposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [K Is for Vendetta] Reference

It took a little detective work, but Melnikov soon fingered his Sony Ericsson PDA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Talk about a multitasking device. PDA turns on Magic Chef range in Brooklyn] Reference

Nebot fingered her keypad a few times to forward the message to friends and family.    From Wordnik.com.  [SWINGING THE VOTES] Reference

The 1988 commission promptly fingered 86 sites for closure, including a dozen major bases.    From Wordnik.com.  [Last Taps For Fort Ord] Reference

He finally got caught on his 42nd birthday, after a customer fingered him in a plea bargain.    From Wordnik.com.  [America's Most Dangerous Drug] Reference

I've fingered the high-tech, impenetrable material, wondering if it would be a good investment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facing Down Abusers] Reference

Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, nervously fingered her prayer beads.    From Wordnik.com.  [The General's Intentions] Reference

The same source says several militants being interrogated have already fingered Barghouti as their leader.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mensch Or Monster?] Reference

One man explored a tomato plant, another fingered ivy on the wall, and a woman painted flowers on a bench.    From Wordnik.com.  [ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY: GARDENING THERAPY] Reference

In another lead, agents in Texas began watching an Egyptian man who had been fingered by a jailhouse snitch.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hunt For The Anthrax Killer] Reference

When General Motors was fingered as the prime suspect in the 2006 documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Bob Lutz: The Man Who Revived the Electric Car] Reference

After two-time defector Vitaly Yurchenko fingered him in 1985, he escaped FBI watchdogs, resurfacing in Moscow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deadly Mole] Reference

Then Corrections Officer Denver Halley, who had not identified Roberts in his initial report, suddenly fingered him.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Sure Is Sure Enough?] Reference

They fingered corrupt officials and recommended punishments ranging from demotion and dismissal to criminal prosecution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shame, The Virtual Weapon] Reference

Chen was on an initial list of suspects, but detectives finally fingered him by listening to phone-tapped conversations.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHO SHOT THE PRESIDENT?] Reference

It also provides how-to diagrams to help the fumble-fingered master shapes like the Cagney, the Presidential and the Puff.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip Sheet] Reference

Rich's friends say they don't believe the charge; some wonder whether the assailants fingered the wrong victim from the start.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Father's Anguished Journey] Reference

He had been fingered by a caller to the tip line, who phoned police to say that he knew of an odd and angry dentist who loved guns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Descent Into Evil] Reference

A: Cold weather is often fingered as the culprit when car batteries die, but actually warm temperatures do the most damage to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Why do car batteries die in winter?] Reference

Eventually Chiesa turned state's evidence and fingered other party officials in what became a widening web of mutual incriminations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Throwing The Bums Out] Reference

Roberto protests his innocence, and the problem becomes: has Paulina's mind become so unsettled that she has fingered the wrong man?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broadway Mind-Stretchers] Reference

The Verdict: Greed Is Not Good Responding to our Feb. 5 story on the recent U.S. job layoffs, many readers fingered corporate America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters] Reference

Painter Cy Twombly -- who lives mostly in Italy -- fingered the tubes of paint on the worktable of his temporary studio in Lexington, Va.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gods Are In The Details] Reference

He's fast-fingered, but hits scads of wrong notes and skims over others; he's obviously leery of leaps, and has to slow down to nail them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Piano Man] Reference