Examples of “fingerprint” in a Sentence

noun The unique pattern of ridges on a fingertip, or the mark it leaves on a surface.

• The glass was dusted carefully so the technician could find a clear fingerprint.
• Police lifted a fingerprint from the doorknob.
• No two people share the same fingerprint.

noun A distinctive combination of features that identifies something, used more broadly than just for fingers.

• Every writer has a fingerprint, a style that makes their work easy to spot.
• The wine's fingerprint of smoke and cherry told the expert where it came from.
• The malware left a digital fingerprint that investigators traced.

verb To record someone's fingerprints, or to uniquely identify something by its distinctive traits.

• Before starting the job, every new teacher gets fingerprinted at the district office.
• Scientists can fingerprint a rock sample by its mix of minerals.
• Visitors to the facility are fingerprinted at the entrance.