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pearly

[pur-lee] / ˈpɜr li /


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"Thank you dentist" she smiled on the red carpet, showing off those pearly whites.

From BBC

She asked me how my daddy made it to the pearly gates of heaven.

From Literature

His beloved Jane Foster passed through the pearly gates of Valhalla into the afterlife, while his sibling Loki veers wildly from being an ally to an adversary.

From BBC

She smiled hugely, baring her pearly white teeth in what could only be called a wolfish grin.

From Literature

Wood, whose pearly whites and “White Lotus” character were mocked, said in a since-expired Instagram story that she found the bit “mean and unfunny.”

From Los Angeles Times