fingernails

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Losing my fingernails has been the most dramatic thing that's happened in my life.

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  • She'd even done her fingernails, and it still shocked her to look down and see two well-groomed hands. —  The Next Accident by Lisa Gardner
  • She doesn't care much for her fingernails, apparently There did not seem to be much point in hanging around outside any longer. —  134 - The Whisker of Hercules
  • You can't be said to have any worries if your fingernails are the center of your universe, and it gave me time to decompress. —  grave Surprise
  • He kept close to the cliff on the right, hands out feeling for the rock, crashing into it frequently, stubbing his fingers on it so that his fingernails were torn loose. —  156 - Se-Pah-Poo
  • Because his fingernails were chewed to the quick, and all the pens and pencils strewn over the worktable showed tooth marks, Auburn surmised that Marienthal's flushed face and jittery manner were probably chronic rather than a reaction to this visit I'm not sure you can. —  Magazine - Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine - 2007 - Issue 04 - April
 

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