His itching fingers fell away from his sword-hilt, and he breathed more freely.

He stood close by the parrot with itching fingers.

Then cheeks pressed the stocks and eyes glanced along the tubes, while itching fingers began to play with waiting triggers.

Quadrillions of itching fingers.

There were itching fingers among the neighbours, and sharp wits too in the family itself, but Jared shrewdly held his own.

Holding the knife in her hand, she tore open the bag and thrust her itching fingers into the gold, gripping it fiercely.

Then, when it seemed almost a physical impossibility to restrain their itching fingers from pulling the triggers, the longed for word was given.

"But surely the itching fingers of such a person would not be tempted by that scenario."