How to Use fingertip in a Sentence

fingertip

1 of 2 noun
  • Their fingertips get lost in a bright shade of green.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Air-dry flat or hang by fingertips away from heat sources.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Smooth top of crust edge with your fingertips.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
  • Bring the sweet hue to your fingertips with these adorable nail shade.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Add water if the soil feels dry to the touch at your fingertip.
    — Kerry Michaels, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But did that stop me from coating my fingertips in sap?
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Blend it into your skin with a sponge or your clean fingertip.
    — Lauren Fischer, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Our van traces the driveway like a fingertip along a scar.
    — Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
  • Only the palms, the fingertips and the soles of the feet.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • One is a black rubber glove with ridged fingertips.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Thus, your mouth ends up touching where their fingertips just were.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2026
  • Cup your hand over each ball of dough so that just your fingertips touch the work surface.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Gray, white, or blue fingertips, nails, or areas around the mouth.
    — Alexandra Frost, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Guests want something that's right at their fingertips.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 20 June 2026
  • Don't let this deal slide between your fingertips!
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026
  • Don't let this deal slide between your fingertips!
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • Don't let this deal slide between your fingertips!
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 24 June 2026
  • Don't let this deal slide between your fingertips!
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 17 June 2026
  • Don't let this deal slide between your fingertips!
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 18 June 2026
  • Don't let this deal slide between your fingertips!
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
  • Don't let this deal slide between your fingertips!
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 15 June 2026
  • Maintain a straight line from the top of your head through heels, with gaze down just above fingertips.
    — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 18 May 2023
  • Boom, sparks are flying off his fingertips.
    — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Little love notes, right at your fingertips.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Her nails were filed into a square shape a little longer than fingertip length.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 21 June 2023
  • Pat lightly with clean fingertips or a makeup sponge to blend any shine.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Tap or rub the fingertips of your free hand across your baby's shoulder blades.
    — Parents Editors, Parents, 23 June 2023
  • The buds themselves are barely the size of my pinkie fingertip.
    — WIRED, 10 Nov. 2023
  • There was the fingertip-to-elbow cubit and the thumb-width inch.
    — Katie Hafner, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The pulsing rhythm vibrates through the floor and walls up through your body and fingertips.
    — Elizabeth Myong, Dallas News, 5 May 2023

fingertip

2 of 2 adjective
  • And a fingertip grip is just like a claw grip, but your wrist doesn't touch the desk.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Hergott launched a long ball to Holladay, who made a fingertip grab in the end zone.
    — James Weber, The Enquirer, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Especially nice at this cheap price are fingertip controls and a 20-foot cord.
    — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2022
  • The fingertip controls are convenient as is the lock on the trigger to keep the vacuum running without having to keep your finger on the button.
    — Carolyn Forté, Good Housekeeping, 5 May 2022
  • Sebastian Lletget forced a fingertip parry from Attinella in the 35th minute with a powerful one-time strike from the top of the box.
    — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Other tests really put some stress on the Dudes' digits, including bending bottle caps and breaking matchsticks between their fingers, and a set of fingertip pushups.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 24 Mar. 2022
  • However, for small hands and those using a fingertip grip, where the palm and wrist don't touch the mouse or desk (a popular design for gamers who like to flick and fling mice rapidly), the adjustment period may be less drastic.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The fingertip device that measures a person's blood oxygen saturation level can give Black people false readings more frequently than white people, a recent study found.
    — NBC News, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Numerous experts combed through the entire Darwin Archive and even made fingertip examinations.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Tapping is combination of Chinese acupressure and modern psychology that uses fingertip taps instead of needles.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 8 Dec. 2020

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