How to Use middle finger in a Sentence

middle finger

noun
  • Take your right hand, and give the world the middle finger.
    — Longreads, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The tip of my middle finger to the base of my palm is just over 8 inches.
    — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2018
  • Place the index and middle fingers on the inside of the wrist, just below the base of the thumb.
    — Julie Scott, Msn, Anp-Bc, Aocnp, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The blood was drawn from a cut on his right middle finger.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
  • In the stand, Maradona flipped a pair of middle fingers at the seats below him.
    — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 26 June 2018
  • Smith, his hands in cuffs, raised the middle finger on both and looked straight at the camera.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Leonard's middle finger appeared to get just enough of the ball to keep it out of the basket.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Bend the knuckles and middle finger joints and reach for your palm.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Woodley chose to place the ink on the inside of his left middle finger.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Grip the writing utensil between the first and middle fingers and use the thumb to hold it in place.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 31 July 2024
  • Place your thumb on the bottom of the plunger and your index and middle fingers on the base of either side of the nozzle.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Jackson added pieces of the bill that displayed the number 100 to the thumbnail and middle finger.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Some drivers honked their horns and waved in approval, though a few gave the group the middle finger.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2021
  • The server then called his name and when Miller turned around the bartender flashed him the middle finger on both of his hands.
    — William Cummings, USA TODAY, 9 July 2018
  • To them Roger Goodell gives the middle finger, in return for what?
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But there is a small but telling point of tension in that hand, as middle finger curls to meet thumb.
    — Lee Lawrence, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2020
  • At one point in the series, Thing gives a character the middle finger.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The woman in the video pushes the hand away before putting her middle finger up to the camera.
    — Ben Church, CNN, 10 Dec. 2020
  • He was placed on the injured list on May 1 due to a blister on his right middle finger.
    — Charles Odum, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2019
  • The flag that hangs now carries the same message but without the middle finger.
    — Kristen Griffith, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Rapp yelled this out with Kesha, with both pop stars giving the middle finger at the same time.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 15 Apr. 2024
  • And the middle finger is not what the American people want.
    — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • At one point, he was called to the actor’s house because Depp had severed the top of his middle finger.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Yeah, no more straining to do all that with your middle fingers.
    — Stack Commerce, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
  • In the fall of 1988, the Mets’ ace left-hander Bob Ojeda chopped off the top of his (left) middle finger with a pair of hedge clippers.
    — Devin Gordon, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Cooper told Newsweek how the middle finger idea came about.
    — Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The girl counts to 10 before flashing her handlers the middle finger.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2023
  • It was flown as a middle finger to the establishment, backed by a kind of rebel-yell pride.
    — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2020
  • His first few months as Chelsea’s head coach served as a proverbial middle finger to the suggestion — and bookies’ odds — that Enzo Maresca could be the first head coach to lose his job this season.
    — Elias Burke, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
  • These lobster-claw-like winter essentials keep your pinky, ring, and middle fingers grouped together, providing the warmth of a mitt.
    — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2025

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