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toothy

[too-thee, -thee] / ˈtu θi, -ði /




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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

By now most Americans and Canadians know of Jack Hughes, the impossibly toothy and toothless forward on the 2026 U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 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

Bertrand’s a tall, earnest fellow with a shaved head, a mustache, and a toothy grin.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

He was a scrawny man, toothy, with a pipelike neck and a monstrous Adam’s apple.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Green has a toothier texture and fresher flavor; red is saucier with dusky, earthen undertones.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

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

She made James Brown’s toothy-looking smile look toothier with a round container that once held cheese wedges.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 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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