How to Use dental floss in a Sentence

dental floss

noun

• There was something that looked like dental floss in the second bag.
  — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
• Watch out, dental floss—water flossers are coming for the throne.
  — Iman Balagam, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2024
• No dental floss or small patches of fabric.
  — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
• Even Josh Allen is hanging on by dental floss.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
• There are grouse hunters who would rather share the same strand of dental floss with you than their best grouse cover.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 24 Dec. 2020
• The next asked Grok to replace the bikini with dental floss.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
• Don't be shy…orgasms are as much a part of women's health as dental floss—but a lot more fun.
  — Sarah Jio, Woman's Day, 2 June 2016
• In the past, beauty gurus have relied on hacks like dental floss to nail the look.
  — Lauren Rearick, Allure, 17 Aug. 2018
• And having too much faith in vibes can be like attempting to cross a tightrope made of dental floss.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018
• Our connection, once as thick as climbing rope, now felt more like a strand of dental floss.
  — Washington Post, 10 July 2019
• Then string the noodles together with dental floss or string.
  — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
• Slide long piece of unflavored dental floss under log of dough about 1 inch from end.
  — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2018
• That mistake could be solved with a heat gun, some dental floss, and 10 minutes of your time.
  — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 8 July 2020
• Late So Soon — to use dental floss to string up a cow figurine in the kitchen of your own home.
  — Keith Uhlich, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020
• Duct tape and dental floss are standard, but there are many more fine products that can help you with repairs and camp chores.
  — Popular Science, 18 Aug. 2020
• The rope of bed sheets was bound in dental floss and anchored to a interior pipe and wrapped around their bunk bed.
  — Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
• Using a piece of unflavored dental floss, cut off and discard 1 inch from each end of roll.
  — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2025
• Every year the water department asked — begged — us not to flush dental floss down the toilet.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2019
• Challenge them to create their very own boobie trap out of dental floss, à la Spy Kids.
  — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 6 Feb. 2024
• The plot’s as thin as dental floss, the characters scarcely characters at all.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• Scientists have created a dental floss that doesn’t just clean between your teeth.
  — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
• Most dental floss is plastic, too—alternatives, such as silk floss, are mostly a health-food-store find.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
• Using a piece of dental floss, slice the log into 1-inch pieces and place on a baking sheet covered with parchment.
  — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 18 Dec. 2017
• The presence of dental floss in the kitchen is a sore subject for Mark and Sarah, who fight about its placement.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
• Grab a string and use it like a regular piece of dental floss, in between your teeth, around appliances, and under the gum line.
  — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 29 June 2023
• So far on Twitter, readers have told me about their kids hoarding piles of pennies, a hammer and a piece of dental floss.
  — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
• Even upgraded dental floss can make a tedious task a little more enjoyable — and a lot more likely to stick.
  — Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026
• Crews have also retrieved masks, gloves, dental floss, hair and other items from sewer pipes, Baker said.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 11 May 2021
• Hoping to follow the live hornet back to its nest, researchers used dental floss to tie a tiny radio transponder to the hornet.
  — Author: Thomas Clouse, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2020
• Ten years ago, the Broncos secured an early lead, and hung on by dental floss by hitting Brady over and over again.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2026