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fingernail

noun as in claw

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Example Sentences

They found a shirt button on the floor and a broken fingernail on the floor.

A place where unexplained delays are a matter of course, and where public fingernail clipping is considered only a minor sin.

We could find Waldo anywhere while tripping—like beneath a fingernail or inside our eyelid.

He took one up, eased a stray safety match from his vest pocket, flicked it with his fingernail, and lit up.

Frey reached in his pocket and pulled out a safety match and flicked it with his fingernail.

He yanked off the cover, losing most of a fingernail in the process, and removed the fuse.

Her dainty pointed fingernail, varnished blue, stabbed at points of light.

"Let's see now," he said, and ran a highly polished fingernail down a long column of names.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fingernail, such as: paw, tentacle, barb, clapperclaw, fang, and grapnel.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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