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toothy

[too-thee, -thee] / ˈtu θi, -ði /




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Apparently taken by surprise, Albarn jumps off the stage to watch, with a broad, toothy grin spreading across his face.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

For “One Battle After Another,” Anderson, an acolyte of “The French Connection,” wanted VistaVision for its toothy texture and lush but less-than-clean picture.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

But since we know what that toothy nemesis is capable of, we almost feel sorry for the soldiers-for-hire that go up against it.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2025

In “Happy Gilmore,” Sandler’s unlikely golf star confronts the feisty gator played by Morris after a golf ball lands in his toothy jaws.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

He had bright hazel eyes and a shiny, toothy smile with a slight gap between his two front teeth.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Some of the bones belonged to the already-discovered Steropodon galmani, a shorter, stumpier and toothier ancestor of the platypus.

From BBC May 27, 2024

As shark experts call for a rebranding of the marine predators – suggesting that attacks be relabeled "incidents" or "interactions" – Cape Cod has begun to tentatively embrace its toothier neighbors.

From Fox News Sep. 17, 2021

During the rollicking song “Feed Me,” she is played by five puppeteers who manipulate oversize tendrils and a toothier flower head.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2019

She made James Brown’s toothy-looking smile look toothier with a round container that once held cheese wedges.

From New York Times Jul. 22, 2018

We got some newer, meaner, toothier guys that were straight out of Seal Team 6 — serious knuckle-dragging master chiefs.

From Washington Times Oct. 23, 2017

And the mosasaurus—that was the biggest, meanest, toothiest, most unstoppable mosasaur there was.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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