dead fingers

noun

1. (functioning as singular) med a disease of users of pneumatic drills, characterized by anaesthesia of the fingertips and cyanosis

Example Sentences

Until then, you can pry the Fenix 7S from my cold, dead fingers.

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But you’d have to pry the manual out of my cold, dead fingers.

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Oh, I feel you—I love my apartment because it’s cheap and in a great part of town, and you will have to pry it out of my cold, dead fingers.

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One student — a trauma medic who had amputated the black, dead fingers and toes of avalanche survivors, and who confessed to being claustrophobic — took me aside.

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Even if Trump were foolish enough to erode one of his administration’s signature accomplishments, and one that is delivering on its promised economic growth and job creation, such a concession would have to be pried from the cold, dead fingers of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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