toe

Example Sentences

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When war was declared, David recanted his previously strong pro-German views and toed a patriotic line.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s hard to say when one should dip their toe back in the water, but timing matters less if Pool Corp is still a “compounder.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“Ahem,” the salty woman says again, nudging one of my backpack straps with the pointed toe of her red patent high heel.

From Literature

“I will not be setting a single toe in any one of those harebrained death traps,” Zara says.

From Literature

He had, admittedly, eaten a few toes back when he’d been alive, but he was a fox, for heaven’s sake.

From Literature