Example Sentences

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As for Bilbo Baggins, even while he was making his speech, he had been fingering the golden ring in his pocket: his magic ring that he had kept secret for so many years.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ash had been fingering the stem of her goblet, looking at its fine workmanship, when Kaisa asked, “Will you come to the ball?”

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

There was a silence; Buckhurst slowly unrolled the wrinkled paper he had been fingering.

From The Maids of Paradise by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

As I had been fingering the tape, watching five and ten millions crumbling from price values every few minutes, I was sure this was the work of Bob Brownley.

From Friday, the Thirteenth by Lawson, Thomas William

He had had a large old-fashioned wooden desk brought down from his own room, and had been fingering the papers in it, reading some, and merely glancing at the outside folds of others.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor