forefinger - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • use: Using the forefinger of your other hand gently pull down the lower eyelid of the affected eye.
  • point: He did not enter the inner court, but stood framed in the doorway and pointed a long forefinger at the chief.
  • put: A Mountain of Conferences... As I put forefinger to mouse for this report I appreciate I have to be brief.
  • leave: C: [ Client grasps left forefinger with right hand ] .. .
  • place: An even simpler test is to place a forefinger on the patient's hand and to ask him to imagine it is burning hot.

Adjective modifier

  • left: Things were ready for the deathblow; the priest noticed the bandage on his left hand forefinger.
  • right: The right hand forefinger is available to lay thick line evenly, avoiding possible jams of line against the frame of the reel.
  • long: He did not enter the inner court, but stood framed in the doorway and pointed a long forefinger at the chief.
  • extended: The active hand was a fist with an extended thumb, and the passive hand was a fist with an extended forefinger.

Preposition: on

  • side: Hold the pump firmly in place and create an airtight seal by placing your thumb and forefinger on each side of the mouthpiece.

Noun used with modifier

  • hand: The right hand forefinger is available to lay thick line evenly, avoiding possible jams of line against the frame of the reel.
  • position: Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right hand.

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