The word 'fingering' is correct and usable in written English. It is often used to describe the action of using one's fingers to play a musical instrument, particularly with regard to the placement and movement of the fingers on the instrument's keys or strings. Example: "The pianist's advanced technique was evident in her precise fingering as she flawlessly performed the intricate piece." It can also be used in a more general sense to refer to the act of using one's fingers to touch or manipulate something. Example: "The detective carefully examined the crime scene, taking note of any fingerprints or other evidence that could be found through careful fingering of items."
But he did help Mr Nguema out this week in court by again fingering some alleged co-plotters, including Sir Mark Thatcher, son of Britain's former prime minister, who had already been convicted of mercenary activity in South Africa in the same case.
Sadly, the scrapyard awaits.In this section Not what it used to be Fingering the nuclear button Trek over Gone into the ether Let's stay together Decision time (maybe) Transparent gold The Obama doctrine Reprints.
I approached the group encircling him after his inspiringly boring talk fingering my business card, seriously considering offering my help to his incipient campaign, until at the last moment I came to my senses and remembered that I hate politics.
Given that the police suggest fingering people who have a lot of mobile phones, for instance, or who are vague about their travel plans, one might expect the hotline phone to be ringing off the hook.
Finding a gliding bat, fingering the anatomical features which contribute to gliding ability, and then discovering similar features in the fossilised remains of the two species' most recent common ancestor would therefore be a hint that today's flapping bats glided before they flapped.At first, Dr Padian and Dr Dial were expecting to find fossilised bats that were gliders, not flappers.
Here is an extract from the Sun's report, congratulating its parent company for finding emails in corporate archives, fingering Mr Coulson Cops have also been handed fresh emails, which allegedly show that former News of the World editor and No10 press boss Andy Coulson condoned payments from his staff to bent police officers.
Our connected times have meant that we've always got a stupid tablet of some description to finger-punch away on until someone comes along to save us from the horror of our own minds.
Laborious and complex, the talks have been dogged by finger-pointing between rich and poor countries over sharing the burden for curbing carbon emissions.
The men, dressed in irregular fatigues and with balaclavas pulled over their heads, fingered their Kalashnikovs nervously and jumped at every unusual sound.
Middle-fingering the prevailing liberal orthodoxy, she claims to have "made a conscious and happy choice to be a lesbian" more than 30 years ago because she had "better taste than other young women".
You almost certainly have a Dupuytren's contracture, in which the tendon to the finger is caught up in the "sheath" - that is, the tunnel in which it runs from wrist to finger.
