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  • Mariam wondered if he would be the one, this amiable-looking young man with the deep-set bright eyes and slightly pointed face, with the black-nailed index finger drumming the side of the truck.

    A Thousand Splendid Suns Hosseini, Khaled 2007

  • With one black-nailed finger she traced a line down my chest and said: "There's something you need to know."

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • The speaker's voice quivered with earnestness and his lean, black-nailed fingers clawed at Conan's mightily-muscled arm as he croaked his warning.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • The speaker's voice quivered with earnestness and his lean, black-nailed fingers clawed at Conan's mightily-muscled arm as he croaked his warning.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • With fearful speed it was rushing upon him, and in that instant Conan had only a confused impression of a gigantic man-like shape hurtling along on bowed and stunted legs; of huge hairy arms outstretching misshapen black-nailed paws; of a malformed head, in whose broad face the only features recognizable as such were a pair of blood-red eyes.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • With fearful speed it was rushing upon him, and in that instant Conan had only a confused impression of a gigantic man-like shape hurtling along on bowed and stunted legs; of huge hairy arms outstretching misshapen black-nailed paws; of a malformed head, in whose broad face the only features recognizable as such were a pair of blood-red eyes.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Dukat dramatically pointed both his hands at Garak, red sparks of energy flickering the length of his long black-nailed fingers.

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • Quark rechecked his padd, ran a black-nailed finger over the text until—Here it is.

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • Dukat dramatically pointed both his hands at Garak, red sparks of energy flickering the length of his long black-nailed fingers.

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

  • Quark rechecked his padd, ran a black-nailed finger over the text until—Here it is.

    MILLENNIUM GARFIELD REEVES-STEVENS JUDITH 2000

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