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toothy

[too-thee, -thee] / ˈtu θi, -ði /




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But she brushed off the barbs, saying: "I am toothy, dumpy, ugly, overweight, a spinster – what the hell."

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

He would probably laugh his toothy laugh at the absurdity of it, because he was well aware of the first absurd indignity of his life in Lubbock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025

But since we know what that toothy nemesis is capable of, we almost feel sorry for the soldiers-for-hire that go up against it.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025

The latest reboot of the killer dino franchise, starring Scarlett Johansson, collected a toothy $147 million in the U.S. and Canada.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

Here came the waiter, Willie, Rishi had made the arrangement with, smiling his toothy smile.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Some of the bones belonged to the already-discovered Steropodon galmani, a shorter, stumpier and toothier ancestor of the platypus.

From BBC ● May 27, 2024

As shark experts call for a rebranding of the marine predators – suggesting that attacks be relabeled "incidents" or "interactions" – Cape Cod has begun to tentatively embrace its toothier neighbors.

From Fox News ● Sep. 17, 2021

During the rollicking song “Feed Me,” she is played by five puppeteers who manipulate oversize tendrils and a toothier flower head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2019

She made James Brown’s toothy-looking smile look toothier with a round container that once held cheese wedges.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2018

We got some newer, meaner, toothier guys that were straight out of Seal Team 6 — serious knuckle-dragging master chiefs.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2017

And the mosasaurus—that was the biggest, meanest, toothiest, most unstoppable mosasaur there was.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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