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Definition of manicure:

  • (noun) professional care for the hands and fingernails
  • (verb) trim carefully and neatly; "manicure fingernails"
  • (verb) care for (one's hand) by cutting and shaping the nails, etc.

Sentence Examples:

With quaking eagerness he saw that his manicure girl was free.

The female of the manicuring species is not to be deceived by any such cheap and transparent artifices.

You are astonished to note how many tools and implements it takes to manicure a pair of hands properly.

Don't hunt for a pin, or sharpen a pencil, or manicure your nails after you reach your work of the day.

His slim, well manicured hands were clenched at his sides.

The manicure especially would not risk more than twenty francs at a time.

And before Gladys could draw them away, he had caught hold of them in an iron grasp, and, turning them over, cast admiring glances at the slim, white fingers with the long, almond-shaped and carefully manicured nails.

Arrayed in a shell-pink kimono, she was having her nails manicured.

He made pictures of my fingers and completely demolished my manicure.

His suit looked expensive, as did his manicure and his haircut and his wire-rimmed glasses.

She had very pretty hands, and I ended by supposing that she was having them secretly attended to by the manicure in the house which I suspected, and that she did not tell me of it, for fear that I should think her extravagant.

The man in dark clothes also went outside, still manicuring himself in a thoughtful way.

Harold, taking Juno's tapering, perfectly manicured fingers in hers.

The girls say that I can shampoo and manicure as well as a professional.

The government representative inhaled deeply and steepled his manicured fingers.

It stood solidly on carefully manicured yellow feet and stared at him out of square violet eyes.

He was smoking a cigarette with a gold tip and a monogram, held in a hand that was white and carefully manicured.

A too-highly polished surface is also a vulgarity invented by the old-time manicure.

She should apply for a position as a helper in a shampooing and manicuring establishment or with a chiropodist.

If it hadn't been for my tact Charles would have married that manicure girl years ago.

And his fingernails were manicured as nicely as my own.

On the way it competently manicured the lawn.

She meant to have an exact duplicate of the manicure set and of the hairbrush with the heavy silver back.

Her manicured nail pressed the buzzer three times to signal she was going to lunch.

On top of this one chap on the front row had neglected to complete his toilet and sat there for half an hour manicuring his nails, every blessed one of the ten; I counted them, while I was trying to explain proximal principles.

It was dry and withered, but the nails were exquisitely manicured, and the fingers were aflame with jewels.

His hands lay palm downward on the arms of the chair, the knuckles white, the broad flat nails imperfectly manicured.

On her door is a sign that says, 'Darning, copying, pressing and fine laundry work, shampooing and manicuring.'

Her delicate hands were exquisitely manicured.

You can see for yourself that I am not the sort of fellow who goes in for the little niceties like manicures.

In short, Grace Harmon was accomplished to the tips of her tapering, carefully manicured fingers.

Nice soft little jobs at photographers, and manicuring showrooms, I don't mind.'

His Highness did not often offer his manicured hand to others, and at this I was, I admit, greatly surprised.

The parking lot was cordoned off, and gardeners were busily clipping and manicuring the grounds.

There had been no leisure for manicuring nails, and polishing them to the sheen of pink coral.

Hitherto careless of his appearance, he now took a quiet pride in clothes, and discovered the uses of the manicure.

He demanded with an amused leer as he pointed a much manicured forefinger at that particularly desirable tart.

You would not be surprised to hear that he slept on rose petals and manicured his claws.

They were shapely and white, and carefully manicured.

He again looked restlessly at his manicuring friend.

He said, glancing down at his newly manicured fingernails.

She focused on his dusty manicured nails, his long fingers, weathered knuckles, and tanned skin.

He noticed William's impeccable manicure as they shook hands.

Matthew's own fingernails were chewed and dry, and he could not remember the last time he had had a manicure himself.

Courtney gathered her manicure set together, swept it noisily into the drawer.

"There's no knowing what a bath and a manicure and a suit of clothes would do for you, Professor."

Whose own fingers, in spite of antiseptics and manicures, point inexorably to a guilty self?

I looked down at my yellow dress and my yellow slippers, at my hands that were manicured under my long gloves.

He stroked the edge of the table with well manicured fingertips as he considered.

The salesman tapped with manicured fingers on the showcase.

The Hawk opened his eyes sleepily to inspect the tips of his carefully manicured fingers.

It was charmingly arranged with a lace cover over blue, and a dainty pin cushion, silver comb, brush and manicure set.

Manicuring is a society luxury for men and women who form the polished horde of bores and bored.

His implement was a pair of heavy nail clippers such as manicures use.

The manicure method of cutting the nails close at the corners and trimming them too close, is injurious and dangerous.

He frequents the manicure, and wears near-silk shirts, with frayed cuffs.

Or, with your connection, you may open, very profitably to yourself, a manicure establishment.

She had brushed the cinders out of her hair, and manicured.

"He's learning the manicure business," sniffed the adventurer.

His feathers were as smooth as satin, and his manicured claws shone in the light of the fireflies.

Her hands should be manicured frequently, her hair shampooed at short intervals, and her teeth kept in order.

Andrews made a gesture of repugnance with a slim, pale, exquisitely manicured hand.

The ends of each finger were stubby, the nails cut short and as clean as well manicured nails could well be.

Both my hair and beard are longer, whiter and silkier than ever before, while my horns and hoofs are manicured daily.

Keep your manicured hands off the ermine.