And Monte Devine, his finger Crooking to the trigger as the blow fell, went down heavily from the impact of the gun-barrel against his head.
"The Desert Valley"
Jackson Gregory
When Asa came in, if matters went badly and if Tom made a motion to his holster or a gesture to his minions, there would be one thing more, but it involved only the Crooking of a finger which snuggled ready in the trigger-guard.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
Then he led the king with like composure, and was just Crooking his fingers up his sleeve for the ace, when a man in black, with a beaver hat and white necktie, rode by the window on a black horse.
"First Fam'lies of the Sierras"
Joaquin Miller