How to Use pinkie in a Sentence

pinkie

noun
  • Mine is worn on the pinkie of my right hand, along with my wedding ring.
    — Dora Fung, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Some are just a month old and barely larger than the tip of a pinkie.
    — Elena Bruess, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2022
  • That's the bone connecting the pinkie toe to the base of the foot.
    — Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Drill into the stumps to create holes the size of your pinkie finger.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Two curved pieces of metal the length of half a pinkie finger were joined by a small nut and bolt.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Wilbourn had cuts to his arm, knee, side, back and pinkie finger, according to court records.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, chicagotribune.com, 11 Jan. 2022
  • But snagging a ball out of the air is easier said than done with a broken pinkie.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • Sip strawberry green tea or creamy Earl Grey, pinkies up.
    — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Sip strawberry green tea or creamy Earl Grey, pinkies up.
    — Shilo Urban, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
  • In July, a line drive off the bat of Aaron Hicks broke his pinkie.
    — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • On the back, insert your pinkie into the heel and make sure your finger fits snuggly.
    — Bridget Shirvell, Parents, 27 July 2023
  • Some fish eat tiny midges and will be fooled only by flies smaller than my pinkie fingernail.
    — Meredith Erickson, Saveur, 29 Apr. 2019
  • Interlace your hands, pinkies to the floor and press your forearms and hands into the mat.
    — Shauna Harrison, SELF, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Now close off your left nostril with your pinkie, releasing your thumb off your right nostril.
    — Dana Santas, CNN, 7 July 2021
  • Her pinkies appear to be an iridescent, sea-glass-like emerald green with steel-gray chrome tips.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 22 June 2023
  • Antetokounmpo even had them each pinky swear and kissed their pinkies to seal the deal.
    — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2023
  • Which brings us to Boston Buckberger and his left pinkie.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Fold down the middle three fingers of your right hand, leaving your thumb and pinkie extended.
    — Dana Santas, CNN, 7 July 2021
  • The length of a child’s pinkie finger, the slug had four antennae protruding from its face, but no eyes.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Steely-eyed with their pinkies locked, a girl-power anthem crescendoing behind them.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • Robinson doesn’t need a pinkie to bang bodies with Wembanyama.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • His assorted broken bones — right wrist, left pinkie, and a rib at last count — won’t be a problem by the time camp starts.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Staff members were able to capture 23 adult rats and seven babies (known as pinkies) on the first day.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2023
  • The double handle has an adjustable pinkie rest to allow for multiple hand sizes.
    — Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The tiny animal, shorter than your pinkie, might not appear to be much more than a tube with a dark streak running along its back.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2020
  • In her group’s latest study, the strokes on the table were sometimes half or double the length of a typical pinkie.
    — Matthew Hutson, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Chris Sale hasn’t been around the team for 11 weeks because of fractures in his left pinkie finger and right wrist.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Underneath the uniform were a single tooth, two right rib fragments, one long bone fragment and the metatarsal from a right pinkie.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Miguel Vargas is recovering from a broken pinkie, so he is not allowed to swing a bat.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2023
  • During the first week of camp, Vargas suffered a hairline fracture in his right pinkie while taking a grounder.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2023

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