Examples of teethe in a Sentence
The baby is starting to teethe.
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But proponents insist those are teething defects in a nascent technology — and fixable.
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Steve Lohr, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
Babies can teethe on it.
—Good Housekeeping, 16 Nov. 2022
There is the Infant Phenomenon, who strains to pass herself off as such in her family’s theatrical troupe despite having teethed several years ago.
—Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2020
The problems experienced this week are unlikely to be teething problems either as motorcycles and tricycles have, overtime, become mainstay features of Lagos’ transport system due to gaps that exist.
—Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, 6 Feb. 2020
For now, on the living room floor, Blue IV and his sister Pickles are on my lap, teething.
—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2020
The mother said that the little boy began to recuperate, but then started teething, causing him to have new struggles with eating.
—Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 20 Nov. 2019
Some of the types of baby food tested include infant formula, meat jars, infant cereal, teething biscuits and rice puffs.
—Ayano Nagaishi, azcentral, 17 Oct. 2019
Additionally, rubbing medicine with benzocaine on the gums when a child is teething does not seem to help the pain any better than just rubbing the gums without medicine.
—Philly.com, 7 June 2018
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Steve Lohr, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
Babies can teethe on it.
—Good Housekeeping, 16 Nov. 2022
There is the Infant Phenomenon, who strains to pass herself off as such in her family’s theatrical troupe despite having teethed several years ago.
—Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2020
The problems experienced this week are unlikely to be teething problems either as motorcycles and tricycles have, overtime, become mainstay features of Lagos’ transport system due to gaps that exist.
—Yomi Kazeem, Quartz Africa, 6 Feb. 2020
For now, on the living room floor, Blue IV and his sister Pickles are on my lap, teething.
—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2020
The mother said that the little boy began to recuperate, but then started teething, causing him to have new struggles with eating.
—Jeff Truesdell, PEOPLE.com, 20 Nov. 2019
Some of the types of baby food tested include infant formula, meat jars, infant cereal, teething biscuits and rice puffs.
—Ayano Nagaishi, azcentral, 17 Oct. 2019
Additionally, rubbing medicine with benzocaine on the gums when a child is teething does not seem to help the pain any better than just rubbing the gums without medicine.
—Philly.com, 7 June 2018
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Word History
Etymology
back-formation from teething
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of teethe was
in the 15th century
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“Teethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teethe. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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Kids Definition
teethe
verb
teethed; teething
: to experience the emergence of one's teeth through the gums : grow teeth
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