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The most common animal the team found was an organism about the size of a human adult index finger that had a wormlike body and a disk that kept it rooted to the seafloor.—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026 Searching the room for clues, Hole spots a decaying hand arranged on the shelf with the thumb removed and the index finger pointing upwards — to the fifth floor.—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026 However, the pinky finger on the lower hand and the index finger on the upper hand wrap around each other.—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026 Brown sprinted to Parker’s bench, stared at the Mission Hills football players and brought her right index finger to her lips.—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for index finger