sweet tooth

Example Sentences

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What Michaels and “SNL” do is play to the American sweet tooth.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

A greedy beaver's sweet tooth led to him being captured twice by rangers monitoring the animals' health.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

It’s just the right level of sweetness and it doesn’t assault your sweet tooth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

My grandmother supplied my sweet tooth with cookies and chocolate at every visit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

The brick oven had been heated for two nights in a row, and the whole family had gone without sugar since Sunday to make sure that the minister’s notorious sweet tooth would be satisfied.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare