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)

Neither of them ventured to question Peter, but Emma Campbell began to have frequent spells of "wrastlin' wid de sperit," and her long, lugubrious "speretuals" were dismal enough to set one's teeth on edge.

From The Purple Heights by Oemler, Marie Conway

The tone of the Assistant Commissioner’s remarks had been sour enough to set one’s teeth on edge.

From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph

It is possible to have a table spread with all that is needful, and yet to set one's teeth, and lock one's lips, and receive no strength and no gladness from the rich provision.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms by Maclaren, Alexander