Sentence examples for lost a nail from inspiring English sources

"You're talking about a finger?" "I almost lost a nail!" Lil said.

When the fingernail is lost, a nail substitute is applied.

Brady Ellison, whose American team lost a nail-biting Olympic final to Italy, said: ""One of the great things about the Olympics is that it brings a lot of the smaller sports into the limelight every four years.

The sense of substance is underscored by the heavy steel door handles on the outside -- how many women will lose a nail on these old-fashioned push-button mechanisms?

Watching his Sonics lose a nail-biter to Portland before a sellout crowd in the first game of what the newspapers were calling the Bennett Era, he felt giddy.

He could have said, for example, that we are in danger of locking the barn door after the horse is stolen; that you never miss the water till the well runs dry, that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; that a stitch in time saves nine, that a bird in hand is worth two in the bush; or even, getting down to cases; that a battle was once lost because a nail fell out of a horse's shoe.

Yet Barber, who is more or less the nicest guy south of Santa Claus (and might even be him), lost in a nail-biter recount.

Mr. Gold nailed one of his patented set shots, but the older guys lost a tight game.

It was exhilarating to see him lose in a nail-biter.

When you get an ingrown toenail do not tear it out of your skin because it can: make you bleed, lose a lot of skin and nail, even worse it will hurt!

The good thing about waiting is that you can actually do a lot of other things at the same time, like search for a lost nail clipper and read about sailing disasters and shop for the perfect, copper-riveted leather saddle for a 30-year-old road bike.