toothless

Example Sentences

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“It’s the one bill that protects commercial tenants, and it’s a fairly toothless bill because they don’t have to acknowledge it, unless you make them acknowledge it,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

By rendering the subpoena a nullity, McElroy left O’Connor nothing to enforce, making his earlier order toothless.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

Standing about 25 inches tall, it likely had a toothless beak, large eye sockets, and hollow bones.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

They are lulled into a smug confidence that his threats will always be toothless bluster.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

She was too frail for our tum bling, but she let us go on anyway, smiling a toothless smile, her large eyes, the unending blue of a summer sky, sparkling with pleasure.

From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat