Sentences with phrase «of a fingernail»

Experiments using laser light and pieces of gray material the size of fingernail clippings may offer clues to a fundamental scientific riddle: What is the relationship between the everyday world of classical physics and the hidden quantum realm that obeys entirely different rules?

I used to tap the tips of my fingernails against the underside of Jason's forearm to try to give him an idea of what I was feeling (bum deal for the partner — being able to feel the kicks from the outside is still a long way off), but it's more like an impossibly gentle and faint THUMP than a tap.

Apply Curél Hydra Therapy Wet Skin Moisturizer Right Out of the Shower Most people find the squeaky sound of fingernails on chalkboard extremely irritating; well, that's how I feel about dry skin!

Se7en (David Fincher, 1997) It's hard to think of a movie that did more short - term damage to the length of your fingernails in the»90s than David Fincher's Se7en.

It's like the sound of fingernails on a blackboard.

And glued delicately to the tip of that pin is a jawbone the size of a fingernail clipping — all that remains of a small mammal that scurried beneath ferns and fallen logs 115 million years ago in what is now Australia.

Scientists in Korea have designed a crablike robot that is smaller than the thickness of a fingernail and powered by contractions of cardiac tissue.

There came a light scratching of fingernails on the curtains, and Doc Muswell entered, along with the Mother Superior or some other bigwig, by the look of her.

MIT researchers have developed a way to measure white blood cell levels by imaging the cells as they flow through capillaries at the base of the fingernail.

They ply the children with promises, get them to surrender locks of their hair or clips of fingernails in a voodoo rite where they are bound to their «masters» on penalty of death.

At least it looks like you'll be able to remove most with the help of a fingernail and a quick spritz of solvent.

I'm a big fan of your fingernail polish reviews, but especially this OPI Samoan Sand one!

I pull on sneakers, run a comb of fingernails across my scalp, and hurry to the emergency room.

Here's a great example of a final candidate who lost the job because of his fingernails.

I keep it in a sealed glass jar at my bedside and it ALWAYS becomes solid again which requires the use of a fingernail to pry a chunk out.

No, the slivers of hardened skin are at the very top of the fingers, almost beneath the edge of the fingernails.

The Brazilian complained of fingernail ache first at 12 am on New Year's day and has declared himself unfit to play for the foreseeable future.

Hold your baby's finger pressing the finger pad down and away from the nail, then gently snip following the natural curve of the fingernail all the while taking care that you don't go too low and nip the quick.

I'd love to get my girls the starfish chew beads necklaces so they will chew that instead of their fingernails OR the new Thirsties Natural!

Blessed are the fathers who know how to get gum out of hair, ketchup out of carpet and green nail polish off of fingernails, for these are essential parenting skills.

Buerkle didn't win last year so much as Maffei lost with this kind of fingernails - on - chalkboard incessant whining.

Nail - Patella is an extremely rare inherited disorder that can result in improper development of fingernails or toenails, and absence or underdevelopment of the knee caps, among other symptoms.

Baleen whales get their name from the frayed slabs of fingernail - like material they use to strain tiny crustaceans and small fish from mouthfuls of seawater.

Today's computer chips pack billions of tiny transistors onto a plate of silicon within the width of a fingernail.

Humans do have some regenerative capacities — for example, regrowing fingertips if a sizable portion of the fingernail remains.

Aside from fatigue, some other common diagnostic factors of iron deficiency anemia are cravings for ice, clay or dirt; thinning, flattening, and spooning of the fingernails; hair loss; and restless leg syndrome.

The Fitness Travel Company's overseas trips are not for the faint of fingernail.

Just think of fingernails on chalkboards!

However, the condition of fingernails is a traditional way of determining the health of a patient.

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Sure, television has assume command of the fingernail - chewing political thriller genre over the last decade, yet «The Peacemaker» is a critical reminder that nothing's quite as dynamic as fully bloomed, gung ho, widescreen descent into possible worldwide destruction.

Anderson's fourth effort, the grimy and bleak chiller The Machinist (2004), stars Christian Bale as blue - collar worker Trevor Reznik, a zero of a man who hangs onto to sanity with the tips of his fingernails as he wastes away to nothing.

The sound of chains dragging on a floor, the sight of fingernails scraping against splintered wood are hard to take, however beautifully these elements are executed; by this point, I started to wonder whether, for all its grace, The Eyes of My Mother is really that different from the brutish likes of, say, Martyrs (Pascal Laugier, 2008; remade by Kevin and Michael Goetz, 2015).

Pacino inhabits this guy Manglehorn right down to the blackened nubs of his fingernails that suggest he really has worked with metals and grease for 45 years.

The — and + and HOME buttons on the Pro Controller sit flush with the housing, so they can be somewhat hard to press unless you have a bit of a fingernail to bear down on them.

The combination of fingernails on cardboard and crinkling plastic is a known ASMR trigger, but mixed with the capitalist euphoria of a new purchase, these videos are hits.

And before you I loved Susan, the warmth of her and the smiles and the tiny toes and the miracle of her fingernails and the way her scrapes would fade within the day as she healed and grew.

What was left of her fingernails were thick and broken, and it was laughable to imagine that someone like Ella would ever spend the time it would take to use a tiny brush to color such ugly things.

She had dug her fingers into the paint and plaster of the nearby wall until most of her fingernails had broken off.

So, as Zane Grey said of one of his heroines «She'd climb the highest cliffs with just the tip of her fingernails if necessary.»

Often, people's false perception of declawing is similar to the trimming of our fingernails.

A young tick could be about half the size of your fingernail while a mature female could feel much larger.

But I've said it before and I'll say it again, Xbox and Playstation need a feature that allows us to filter out under 18s / 16s / anyone who carries the voice of fingernails scratching across a chalkboard, or sounds like they just left their mothers womb.

The structure of the fingernail must be kept in mind.

While the drawings and prints in the exhibition reflect the purity of his mark - making, his deadpan humor comes across especially in a series of drawn - on polaroid images of his fingernails.

Utilizing many materials found around his house or neighborhood, Hawkinson has constructed works in an astounding array of media — from a tiny bird skeleton out of fingernails to a singing machine made of plastic water bottles.