Sentences with phrase «tips of my fingernails»

Listening to the game on Five Live (a preferable option to most Sky commentators), with around ten minutes to go, our 1 - 0 lead over Spurs was being described as the «surprise of the season», as if we were some plucky club leading a Premiership giant in the cup, hanging on by the tips of our fingernails.

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.

If you spot a vertical line in any shade of brown extending from cuticle to the tip of your fingernail, make sure to check in with your dermatologist.

Step 3 — Get a small amount of Golden Rule Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure on the end of the brush, and gently dab it on the tip of your fingernail, making small dabs from left to right.

But their mother never arrives, and despite memories of her mother's exhortations to «keep women a whole other hand away from the farthest tips of your fingernails,» August finds herself longing for the friendship of other girls, particularly the tight - knit relationship of three in the neighborhood: Gigi, Angela, and Sylvia.

It is sometimes painful to turn pages because you need to be extra firm or have to use the tip of your fingernail.

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.»

Not exact matches

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.

Tip: If you happen to apply too much of the dry brush color (like I did on my pointer fingernail) you can go back in with some of the base color to correct it once it's dry.

Unlike our fingernails, which grow from flesh, cat claws grow directly from the bone at the tip of the digit.

The surgery to declaw a cat doesn't simply remove the tip of its claws (like removing a fingernail on a human).

Titled «Genesis,» the multidisciplinary exhibition will explore creation and existence through a myriad of materials such as custom wallpaper, bulletproof glass, industrial grade tow chain, acrylic fingernail tips, man - made crystals, and computer - generated models.

A condition called «finger clubbing,» where the tips of the fingers become enlarged, often prompting changes to the fingernails, is another indicator that something serious may be going on.

Depending on what kind of paint you used or how you applied the paint you can take a small paint brush and paint over the area that you took to much off and then take a q - tip and dip it into fingernail polish remover with acetone and gently go over the area you re-painted to remove some of the paint so you can see through to the darker color.