Examples of fingernail in a Sentence
I trimmed and filed my fingernails.
He had dirt under his fingernails.
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Feathers are made of keratin, the same compound as our hair and fingernails.
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Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
Mees’ Lines Mees' lines appear as horizontal white lines that run across the width of your fingernails or toenails.
—Laura Schober, Health, 1 June 2025
By the second episode, Chloe and Adam’s son Ethan is arrested for his father’s murder after Ethan’s DNA is found under Adam’s fingernails.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 29 May 2025
This is the kind of movie that compels you to chew your fingernails to the very nubbies, as well as those on the person next to you.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
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Ian Rose, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2025
Mees’ Lines Mees' lines appear as horizontal white lines that run across the width of your fingernails or toenails.
—Laura Schober, Health, 1 June 2025
By the second episode, Chloe and Adam’s son Ethan is arrested for his father’s murder after Ethan’s DNA is found under Adam’s fingernails.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 29 May 2025
This is the kind of movie that compels you to chew your fingernails to the very nubbies, as well as those on the person next to you.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
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“Fingernail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingernail. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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fingernail
noun
fin·ger·nail
ˈfiŋ-gər-ˌnāl 
ˌfiŋ-gər-ˈnā(ə)l
: the nail of a finger
Medical Definition
fingernail
noun
fin·ger·nail
ˈfiŋ-gər-ˌnāl, ˌfiŋ-gər-ˈnā(ə)l
: the nail of a finger
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