How to Use toothpaste in a Sentence
toothpaste
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At one point the plane bounces off the water like a tube of toothpaste in the sink.
—Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
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But the toothpaste can’t be squeezed back into the tube.
—Angela Yang, NBC News, 3 Apr. 2024
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What is the best toothpaste for whitening and fresh breath?
—Macaela MacKenzie, Glamour, 25 July 2024
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Adults in the trial used the toothpaste once daily for about 11 months.
—Katie Mogg, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2023
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Just like toothpaste out of a tube, once the juices are squeezed out, there is no way to get them back in.
—J. Kenji López-Alt, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
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That means anything made with LDPE (like toothpaste tubes) can be thrown in the trash.
—Brian Clark Howard, Good Housekeeping, 22 Mar. 2023
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As for the type of toothpaste that's best to use for the hack, a basic white toothpaste is a good choice.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
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The label seems to have a matador on it, which is odd since the toothpaste is from France.
—Nick Marino, GQ, 15 June 2018
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Wow, there’s your smiling face in an ad for a new brand of toothpaste.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Wipe the scratched area clean and apply a layer of non-gel toothpaste.
—Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 12 Feb. 2021
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And then, brush the teeth and gums with a rice-grain-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste twice a day.
—Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 9 Aug. 2019
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The substance was a foot away from tools and objects used to produce the toothpaste.
—Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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No more spin and no more futile attempts to put toothpaste back in the tube.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
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Still a place to pick up drug prescriptions along with a tube of toothpaste?
—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2022
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Consult with your vet about what type of toothpaste is best.
—Medea Giordano, Wired, 4 June 2020
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A tube of toothpaste now costs more than one day's salary at the minimum wage.
—Anthony Faiola, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2017
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The process is just as simple: After brushing, leave a coat of toothpaste on the tongue.
—Adam Hurly, GQ, 29 June 2017
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The microparticles and oil mixed to create a glue with the look and feel of a cloudy white toothpaste.
—Max G. Levy, Wired, 24 Aug. 2021
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Don’t run out of toothpaste because Mom didn’t buy any.
—Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 3 Aug. 2022
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Brush Up Brush your teeth, but not with a super-smelly toothpaste.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 26 Sep. 2024
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Plus, here are the best toothpastes for plaque removal, whitening and more.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Scrape the filling off with a knife, then replace the filling with toothpaste.
—Kimberly Stoney, Parents, 21 Mar. 2024
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He’s stocked the market with new goods for them, like toothpaste and tissues.
—Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
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And what's not in this whitening toothpaste is almost as good as what's in it.
—Ariel Scotti, Health.com, 15 Oct. 2021
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The bowl of your sink is something else that should be wiped down daily to clean up toothpaste residue.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
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Wipe Out the Sink Blobs of toothpaste are not attractive.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
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In terms of pivots, Willy Wonka might as well be rolling out a line of toothpaste.
—Brian Barrett, Wired, 17 Nov. 2021
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At night, apply a pea-sized amount of toothpaste to the toothbrush and brush teeth and gums for two minutes.
—Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Jan. 2023
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Messina says that recent trends to encourage charcoal toothpaste could be putting users’ teeth at risk.
—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 23 July 2025
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This powder is then sold as an industrial material that gets added to a vast array of everyday goods, from bricks and paint to toothpaste and pasta (calcium carbonate effectively acts as a filler — a cheap way to improve texture and thickness).
—Meara Sharma, The Dial, 22 July 2025
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