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Example sentences for "little finger"

  • In the autumn of the same year I saw a drove of upwards of a hundred, between 40 and 50 of them were fastened to one chain, the links being made of iron rods, as thick in diameter as a man's little finger.

  • He mentioned, by way of illustration, that the slaves of a certain large proprietor used to have this saying, "Massa only want he little finger to touch God!

  • Ranaway, a negro man named Dick--has a little finger off the right hand.

  • You left my little finger on the tree without touching it, and I have but nine fingers.

  • In these Indian tales, it is blood streaming from the resuscitator's little finger.

  • Upat ray íyang tudlù kay ingkit man ang kumingking sa paningsíngan, He has only four fingers because his little finger is joined to his ring finger.

  • It is smaller on one side, to occupy less space on the index or little finger.

  • A short "little finger" denotes the reverse of the above.

  • These individuals have, however, not much power over others and the shorter the "little finger" is, the more timid and sensitive they are in the presence of strangers.

  • I am sure my little finger will be rebroken, and as for that smothering in bed, "Heaven have mercy upon me!

  • As she spoke, she placed a small gold ring on the prince's little finger.

  • Take heed to what I say, sir, for if you forget my words but for half an hour, I would not give my little finger-nail for your head.

  • THE Winter Cherry has a running or creeping root in the ground, of the bigness many times one’s little finger, shooting forth at several joints in several places, whereby it quickly spreads a great compass of ground.

  • The root is of a blackish brown colour, as big as one’s little finger, but growing long, with some threads thereat; and by the small string it quickly spreads over the ground.

  • One that must equal the length of that famous seventeenth-century criminal's little finger in his collection.

  • Experts say that in a hundred thousand hands you will not find one with so long a little finger, perhaps not one in a million.

  • You have seen a hand with a little finger as long as this one?

  • And when you are dead, little finger, as it may hap, You shall be buried, little finger, under the tap.

  • The thumb responded: "It was my own heart, little finger, who told me so!

  • When I am king, little finger, you shall be queen.

  • A little finger or toe, or something resembling one.

  • Trust me to wind them all Around my little finger.

  • Trust me--for I can wind my poor Prince John Around my little finger.

  • JOHN One word--suppose it some small sacrifice, To save those churls for whom you say your heart Bleeds; yet you will not lift your little finger To save them!


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little finger" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    another nation; little annoyed; little aside; little brandy; little faster; little finger; little girl; little grey; little hand; little help; little honey; little lass; little lighter; little moment; little nervous; little noise; little nutmeg; little older; little pause; little salt and pepper; little sisters; little surprise; little too; little volume; little water; scientific studies