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
All she knew about Miss McGill was that she usually wore so many shades of purple and pink and blue that the clashing colours set one's teeth on edge.
From The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)
The noise he made was more like the squeaking of a pencil on a slate; it set one's teeth on edge; the violin itself seemed to squeal with pain.
From The Four Feathers by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
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
Yes, and pink sweet peas beside them, to set one's teeth on edge.
From Strawberry Acres by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
