tooth

[tuːθ]

Definition:
1. Any of the hard white structures in the mouth used for biting and chewing food.
2. A narrow pointed part that sticks out of an object.

Use 'tooth' in a sentence:

• 1. Add more honey if you have a sweet tooth.
• 2. The result is tooth decay and gum disease.
• 3. I've had one of my teeth crowned.
• 4. Have you cleaned your teeth?
• 5. Through clenched teeth she told him to leave.
• 6. I have a loose tooth.
• 7. It's a baby tooth.
• 8. The law must have teeth, and it must be enforced.
• 9. He'll be gnashing his teeth when he hears that we lost the contract.
• 10. She had very pretty straight teeth.
• 11. The dog fastened its teeth in his leg.
• 12. The residents are fighting tooth and nail to stop the new development.
• 13. I need to have two teeth filled.
• 14. The new policy was adopted in the teeth of fierce criticism.
• 15. He's had his front teeth capped.
• 16. You have a new tooth.
• 17. Which tooth pains you?
• 18. In the teeth of the longest recession since the 1930s, the company continues to perform well.
• 19. I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale.
• 20. He cut his teeth in the sixties as director of Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre.
• 21. It's not my tooth.
• 22. Choose an essay topic that you can really get your teeth into.
• 23. They have to get involved and get their teeth into some police work.
• 24. She answered through clenched teeth (= opening her mouth only a little because of anger) .
• 25. The dentist pulled the tooth.
• 26. My tooth fell out.
• 27. This role gave her something to get her teeth into.
• 28. I lost a tooth while chomping on a French baguette!
• 29. Aren't I a bit long in the tooth to start being an undergraduate?
• 30. A high proportion of five-year-olds have teeth in poor condition.
• 31. Was it really the tooth of the dragonfly?
• 32. What's the matter with your tooth?
• 33. When not removed, plaque causes tooth decay and gum disease.
• 34. Deposits of plaque build up between the tooth and the gum.
• 35. His tooth had started to throb painfully again.
• 36. The blow chipped the woman's tooth.
• 37. She chipped one of her front teeth.
• 38. He smiled suddenly, exposing a set of amazingly white teeth.
• 39. I bought three tooth brushes yesterday.
• 40. It is a proven fact that fluoride strengthens growing teeth.
• 41. 500 yuan for pulling a tooth?
• 42. He chipped off a piece of his tooth.
• 43. Her teeth gleamed white against the tanned skin of her face.
• 44. They crossed the bay in the teeth of a howling gale.
• 45. The front cog has 44 teeth.
• 46. It has vanished as surely as one's belief in Santa Claus or the tooth fairy.
• 47. Fruit juices can be harmful to children's teeth.
• 48. The dog sank its teeth into my leg.
• 49. He fought tooth and nail to keep his job.
• 50. Unions pledged to fight any compulsory redundancies 'tooth and nail'.
• 51. You've cut one tooth.
• 52. Too much sugar will rot your teeth.
• 53. Both sides were armed to the teeth.
• 54. The opposition argues that the new council will be unconstitutional and without teeth.
• 55. His tooth hurts when he bites.
• 56. When did she cut her first tooth?
• 57. Their voices set your teeth on edge.
• 58. It wasn't like pulling a tooth.
• 59. Whose tooth is it?
• 60. I've just had a tooth out at the dentist's.
• 61. The cat sank its teeth into his finger.
• 62. The old man broke a tooth on a bone.
• 63. The witness was clearly lying through his teeth.
• 64. Just the sound of her voice sets my teeth on edge.
• 65. He's got a front tooth missing.
• 66. Draw the floss backwards and forwards between the teeth.
• 67. He laughed, revealing a line of white teeth.
• 68. Her tooth was extracted under local anaesthetic.
• 69. The dentist may decide that the wisdom teeth need to be extracted.
• 70. A dentist may decide to extract the tooth to prevent recurrent trouble.
• 71. Dentists advise you to have your teeth checked every six months.
• 72. They took a plaster cast of the teeth for identification purposes.
• 73. If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out.