NOUN
- a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
How To Use hangnail In A Sentence
- Keep the skin around your nails soft and supple and you won't get hangnails.
- Eric is also a polymath ( "he mastered the steepest matters in half an afternoon") who studies Einstein's special theory in both German and English, reads poetry, contemplates the Middle English roots of the word "hangnail" and works out faithfully (a universal trait of the protagonists of cheap thrillers). All Day in a Rich Guy's Limo Makes for a Very Silly Novel
- All that can come of this next bad fiasco is me paying more for health insurance, as I don't want to fund anyones abortions, nor do I need a cover all plan dreamed up by some congressman who bumps military members out of the doctors office any time they need to be seen for as little as a hangnail! House Democrats agree on health-care position, chairman says
- Modern English hangnail is said to derive from Old English agnail, not related to hanging or nails, but rather referring to a painful corn on the foot and derived from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning ‘tight’ or ‘painful’.
- Tory found it was harder to keep calm if she was looking at Nell, and pretended to study a hangnail on her ring finger.
- I'm not going to miss players barely running out fly balls and sitting out games over hangnails.
- Asking about a hangnail would be “a little crazier” than asking about a truth commission. Matthew Yglesias » MSM Derides Bloggers For Asking Hypothetical Bad Question
- I used the term "hangnail" cause Heidi on FOX31 said it on the air during her review of a Ministry of Pot segment .. Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
- Eugene peeled back the skin from a hangnail on his thumb. THE CRASH OF HENNINGTON
- Topping my list is the Apricot Cuticle Oil, which tackles even the toughest hangnails and ragged cuticles.
