FINGERTIP in a Sentence

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13 example sentences for FINGERTIP, such as:

1. He is an artist to his fingertips.
2. With wearily dipping fingertip she tested it.
3. And our heart beat in our fingertips, without reason.
4. His fingertip crept through the opening of her glove and smoothed her palm.
5. Once already heals by the needle jianzha broken fingertip, whose horizon have you gone to.

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 Meanings and Examples of FINGERTIP
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
fingertip
 n.  extreme end or tip of a finger
Classic Sentence:
1  With wearily dipping fingertip she tested it.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  His fingertip crept through the opening of her glove and smoothed her palm.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
3  And gradually her fingertips knew his cheeks and lips, his jaw and chin and throat perfectly.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
4  The only sign upon him of his recent struggle for life was in his fingertips, which were worn and sacrificed in his dying endeavours to obtain a hold on the face of the weir-wall.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: 9 Sights and Sounds Draw the Wanderers Together
5  Sherlock Holmes sat silent for a few minutes with his fingertips still pressed together, his legs stretched out in front of him, and his gaze directed upward to the ceiling.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
6  Sherlock Holmes listened with closed eyes and fingertips together to this remarkable account.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER
7  The old gentleman lifted his shaggy eyebrows, protruded his thick nether lip, and tapped the arms of his chair with his cushioned fingertips.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXII
8  The boys who had been painted walked about or stood still awkwardly, touching their faces in a gingerly fashion with their furtive fingertips.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
9  And our heart beat in our fingertips, without reason.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART ONE
Example Sentence:
1  The family physician often provides the first and only medical intervention for fingertip injuries.
2  Once already heals by the needle jianzha broken fingertip, whose horizon have you gone to.
3  This hand pose is a sign of joy and satisfaction; it is done by extending the hands above the head with the fingertips of the hands touching.
4  He is an artist to his fingertips.