between the teeth
Example Sentences
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He saw slight differences between the teeth of his specimens, and described six species of Protemnodon.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 15, 2024
"These small hooks would have been used to catch the tiny shrimp the pterosaur likely fed on — making sure they went down its throat and weren't squeezed between the teeth."
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2023
It’s hard to leave the first courses, a pot of gold that also includes zesty marinated shrimp that crackle between the teeth from their rice-flour crust.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2022
And it was always the same kind: white, short-grain Japanese rice, polished and glossy, pleasantly clumpy and quick to yield between the teeth, clinging to the chopstick, sticking to the spoon.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
They cleaned him, as best they could, by dipping him into a pool, each shoulder held between the teeth of a young sphinx.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
