noun
Etymology
Origin of fingernail
Example Sentences
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My eyes were wet as I picked at my fingernails.
From Literature
The daughter of Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy tycoon jailed in Hong Kong, has expressed concerns about her father's deteriorating health in prison, saying that his fingernails "sometimes fall off" and his teeth are rotting.
From BBC
IBM says 2nm designs can fit up to 50 billion transistors, tiny components smaller than a virus, on a chip the size of a fingernail.
From Barron's
If any fingernail touches the surface I’m tapping—or I think it might have—I start the five taps over or…I don’t know what.
From Literature
Two days after the match, a small bruise appeared under my fingernail.
From BBC
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