toothy
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Apparently taken by surprise, Albarn jumps off the stage to watch, with a broad, toothy grin spreading across his face.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
The adventurers reckon that they’re probably safe because it’s off-season for the toothy beasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
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
She’d jump in the car happily, give her captor a toothy grin and then curl into a contented nap, probably dreaming of her next escape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2025
You could imagine the Elemental Fiends clenching their toothy jaws—but even they just crumble.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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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
The effect is a dreamlike carnival of images and ideas that suggests a toothier Adult Swim, or “In Living Color” as filtered through Nell Irvin Painter.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 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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