teeth
Example Sentences
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For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks.”
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
Together, these findings can help reshape how we interpret the fossil record and raise fresh questions about the uniquely human ways our teeth are affected today.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
“It had almost no teeth to it,” Swanson explains.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The late Wolf Hall author's choice of the word "teeth" was perfect and it is one I think of most days, as I grit my own.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
And Cat’s mother, who sat in their yard, teeth gone, cheeks sunken, with no money to pay the rent.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
