finger-width

The finger-width tunnels of the lesser stag beetle run through the powdery wood.

Country diary: Northamptonshire 2011

For binoculars and small scopes, hop due east of Alpha about a finger-width for brilliant multiple-star system and open cluster NGC2017.

Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast: March 5-7, 2010 | Universe Today 2010

Relative to the size of the Earth, it seems impossibly thin, less than a finger-width.

Peggy Whitson: A Heroine of Science and Technology | Universe Today 2010

To locate Lambda, look a finger-width west-southwest of Hamal, at Alpha Arietis.

Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – November 27-29, 2009 | Universe Today 2009

In the bottom of the container were several freshwater shrimmi lying in a finger-width of water, their feelers still waving weakly.

The Last of the Wilds Canavan, Trudi 2006

Whimpering, the girl did as she was ordered, mouth opening wide, tongue flicking out long enough to cross dry lips, utter terror in her eyes as the prod was lifted, the two finger-width prongs pushed with cruel slowness into the waiting opening.

jaxraven Diary Entry jaxraven 2006

To serve, cut in half lengthways and then into finger-width slices.

Archive 2006-12-01 Haalo 2006

To serve, cut in half lengthways and then into finger-width slices.

Weekend Cookbook Challenge #11 Haalo 2006

It was only a finger-width wide, but quite deep, and it extended in a zigzag manner as far as she could see to left and right.

Stork Naked Anthony, Piers 2006

Her Agiel, an awesome weapon that appeared to be nothing more than a finger-width foot-long red leather rod, dangled from a fine gold chain at her right wrist, ever at the ready.

Temple of the Winds Goodkind, Terry 1997