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
Five different shades of red on the same hat are enough to set one's teeth on edge.
From The Little Colonel at Boarding-School by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
What one wants is something to set one's teeth in.
From Eleanor by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
The interior, all gilt and glitter, set one's teeth on edge, but that did not alter the outward effect.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
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
