teeth

Example Sentences

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The hutia's teeth had once been held in small sockets in the jaw, known as alveoli.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

SoFi cut its teeth in student lending but has expanded into credit cards, personal banking, brokerage, small business loans, and more.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

I can still conjure it: the heated seat warming my back, the hot chocolate coating my throat, the cinnamon strudel giving way under my teeth.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Her face and teeth were agony and she discovered later from a maxillofacial surgeon, that he had knocked her vagus nerve out of place.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Flopears was in the second reader by the skin of his teeth, along with Lloyd and Pearl.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck