Forefinger

Examples

• Ti imparano fare brutte cose, brutte cose--' She lifted the Mino's white chin on her forefinger, slowly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• You observed that her right glove was torn at the forefinger, but you did not apparently see that both glove and finger were stained with violet ink. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yes, yes, my dear, so it does,' said the Jew, hanging a large street-door key on the forefinger of the young lady's right hand. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Alexandre Manette, said Defarge in his ear, following the letters with his swart forefinger, deeply engrained with gunpowder. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Resting her cheek on her forefinger, she waited to be told _what_ circumstance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Mr. Jabez Wilson started up in his chair, with his forefinger upon the paper, but his eyes upon my companion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• He felt of the seal, tested it with his forefinger, then handed both the safe-conduct and dispatch back to Andreu Nin. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I held up my precious book before him; I rapped the open page impressively with my forefinger. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• In a narrow little fissure, just within reach of my forefinger, I felt the chain. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• A wounded man would sometimes call for pity by holding up his forefinger. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• A little more--a little more, said she, petulantly touching his hand with the forefinger, to make him incline the cup more generously and yieldingly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Mr. Snodgrass looked in the direction indicated by the forefinger of his friend, and observed a figure, muffled up, as he had described. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• There was an expression of contempt on his face, and he bit the side of a great forefinger as he watched the group of faces. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I leaned over Joe, and, with the aid of my forefinger read him the whole letter. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• He touched the stars at his collar with his thumb and forefinger. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The fat boy gasped, looked at the bedroom door, gasped again, and wiped two tears away with the knuckle of each of his forefingers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A few hours afterwards, he and the Roman will be alone together comparing forefingers. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• And stealthily rubbed her little hands behind him, and poked a few exultant pokes with her two forefingers over the crown of his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Bucket, in the foremost emblazoned carriage, uses his two fat forefingers to hold the lattice a hair's breadth open while he looks. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Editor: Rena