Below you will find example sentences with "fingers crossed". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Fingers Crossed in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: crossed
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 12
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.7 words

Words in this phrase

fingers crossed

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • fingers can mean: plural of finger Frequent word
  • crossed can mean: simple past and past participle of cross Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 3 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

culture and fingers crossed steps forward 1× few more fingers crossed for the 1× fingers crossed for a 1× fingers crossed for halle 1× fingers crossed it s 1× fingers crossed that lily 1× fingers crossed that some 1× fingers crossed with the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

fingers crossed for 2× fingers crossed that 2× a change is 1× but the former 1× england take on 1× fingers crossed it 1×

Common sentence endings:

a speedy recovery 1× advance the cause 1× and play ball 1× another album soon 1× anything too serious 1× approaching mcdonald added 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

keep 5× get 3× hoping 3× week 2× season 2× final 2× playoffs 2× now 2× forward 2× few 2× tonight 2× off 2×

Related phrases

crossed paths

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around crossed:

crossed paths 8×

Just before it in the phrase index:

finger lakes fine tune fine gael fine dining fine arts fine art

Just after it in the phrase index:

finish line finished fourth finished third finishing third finishing touches fire alarm

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "fingers crossed" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 22.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as culture and fingers crossed steps forward, few more fingers crossed for the, keep, get and hoping stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with crossed paths and crossed paths, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with fingers crossed

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery. (6 words)

Fingers crossed it's as and fun as Season 45. (10 words)

Fingers crossed with the World Cup fast approaching," McDonald added. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Non-playoff teams have all fingers crossed for tonight's draft lottery, and the Edmonton Oilers, coming off their most impressive win of the 2023 playoffs, are hoping to knock the Golden Knights off their high horses one more time tonight. (41 words)

For now, the best a frustrated, grumbling fan base can hope for is improved defense, a better clubhouse culture and (fingers crossed) steps forward from a few young pitchers among a large group of unprovens hoping to advance the cause. (40 words)

O’Neill will have an MRI on his calf on Monday to determine the severity of his injury, and we’ll keep our fingers crossed that it isn’t anything too serious. (32 words)

Exclamation examples

Fingers crossed for Halle that they've all put the drama behind them! (13 words)

Fingers crossed that Lily is able to get her rings back! (11 words)

We’re keeping our fingers crossed for another album soon! (10 words)

Example sentences (20)

A change is on tap for next week, fingers crossed, but not so much fishing prospects as the bite is largely unchanged from last week.

Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.

Fingers crossed for Halle that they've all put the drama behind them!

Fingers crossed it's as and fun as Season 45.

Fingers crossed that Lily is able to get her rings back!

Fingers crossed that some characters can find their ways back to their true loves.

Fingers crossed with the World Cup fast approaching," McDonald added.

For a staff that final appeared within the playoffs underneath the Obama administration, that’s it: fingers crossed, and play ball.

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For now, the best a frustrated, grumbling fan base can hope for is improved defense, a better clubhouse culture and (fingers crossed) steps forward from a few young pitchers among a large group of unprovens hoping to advance the cause.

Non-playoff teams have all fingers crossed for tonight's draft lottery, and the Edmonton Oilers, coming off their most impressive win of the 2023 playoffs, are hoping to knock the Golden Knights off their high horses one more time tonight.

O’Neill will have an MRI on his calf on Monday to determine the severity of his injury, and we’ll keep our fingers crossed that it isn’t anything too serious.

Or, we jump online and frantically order presents with our fingers crossed, hoping that they'll be delivered by Christmas Eve.

Place a bet on your lucky team or follow your hunch about a particular market, and keep your fingers crossed as you watch the simulator bring up the result.

That’s right: Samantha, Kirsten, Molly, Felicity, Addy (and maybe even a few more — fingers crossed for the 90s twins) are going to Hollywood.

The focus was to get back out on the road… at the minute, there is no new music, but we’d love to get in the studio, fingers crossed,’ he teased.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed for another album soon!

And while there's no indication that another season of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life is happening at Netflix, I'm going to keep my fingers crossed.

As we all keep our fingers crossed for warmer weather on the horizon, many of us will be looking forward to some trips to our favourite pubs for the Euros.

But the former singer and guitarist of Lush, whose memoir “Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success” is out now, did keep diaries.

England take on Netherlands on Wednesday, 10 July at 20:00 and the whole nation will be keeping their fingers crossed that the Three Lions book their spot in Sunday’s final.

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