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between the teeth



ADVERB
under one's breath
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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

She flips a switch at the bottom of the box, and a thread of blue light stretches across the gap between the teeth.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth


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