set one's teeth
Example Sentences
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It was a noise that set one’s teeth on edge and bristled the hair at the back of one’s neck.
From "1984" by George Orwell
A red hat on a purple chair would set one's teeth on edge, in model or picture.
From The Psychology of Beauty by Howes, Ethel Dench Puffer
Yes, and pink sweet peas beside them, to set one's teeth on edge.
From Strawberry Acres by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
The machine-like gestures of the little preachers with arms too short for the work, were answered by words learned by rote, so false as to set one's teeth on edge.
From The Nabob, Volume 1 by Ives, George Burnham
Neither of them ventured to question Peter, but Emma Campbell began to have frequent spells of "wrastlin' wid de sperit," and her long, lugubrious "speretuals" were dismal enough to set one's teeth on edge.
From The Purple Heights by Oemler, Marie Conway
