How to Use toothpick in a Sentence

toothpick

noun

• Use a toothpick to clear clogs.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
• Serve with toothpicks, and watch them get swooped up.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
• But any blunt point, such as a comb or a toothpick, will work.
  — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2021
• Move the toothpick around inside the egg to break up the yolk.
  — Rachael Lagarde Walker, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021
• And, each one has a flosser at the end, plus a toothpick.
  — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2026
• Fill the hole with wood glue, then push a toothpick into the hole.
  — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 May 2025
• Bake until a toothpick comes out clean.
  — Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026
• Half a dozen toothpick-like spines were buried at varying depths in my skin.
  — Aliese Willard Muhonen, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
• Across the street, the wind tossed a series of pines to the south like so many toothpicks.
  — Jessica Pishko, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
• My body with its bald head, stretch marks, and toothpick-thin legs was foreign to me.
  — Jessica Stuart, STAT, 6 Nov. 2020
• Wrap each date in a slice of bacon and secure with a toothpick.
  — Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 24 Dec. 2024
• Wrap each date with a piece of bacon and secure with a toothpick.
  — Joanne Rosa, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2021
• Insert the ends of the toothpicks along the back of the apple.
  — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2019
• To top off the look, Katy wore a giant toothpick on her head.
  — Gianluca Russo, Teen Vogue, 7 May 2019
• Place the tip of the toothpick on your finger to see if the toy balances.
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• Serve as an app with toothpicks or adapt it to be a fruit salad instead.
  — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 21 May 2026
• Spear each eyeball with a toothpick and attach to the tops of the eye cutouts.
  — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
• Insert a toothpick in the center, which should come out with a few crumbs.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 June 2025
• Top with a few grinds of black pepper, and swirl with a toothpick to combine.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2022
• For horns, slice the ends off nubby gourds and attach with toothpicks.
  — Woman's Day Staff, Woman's Day, 9 Sep. 2019
• Should the toothpick be clean, slightly moist or have a few crumbs attached?
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• Secure the roll with two toothpicks, as close to the bottom of one end, to form a cross.
  — Fox News, 14 Feb. 2018
• Poke the toothpick through opposite ends of the sail (near the edges) to hold it in place.
  — Ben Finio, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2018
• Our Test Kitchen swears by the toothpick test for muffins, quick breads, and cakes.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2025
• To give the leaves depth, use the sharp end of the toothpick and draw a line through the middle of each leaf.
  — Ariel Nagi, Cosmopolitan, 24 June 2013
• One of the bird's feet was found sticking out of the frog's mouth like a toothpick, photos show.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 2 July 2018
• Scrape off soft wax with a toothpick and dab onto the back of the mini crystals.
  — Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 26 Jan. 2018
• Stand a mint spring in the ice, then stab a cherry with a cocktail toothpick and lay it over the rim.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
• Do so by sticking a wood toothpick into the drainage hole at the bottom of the pot.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 16 Feb. 2026
• Once finished, use 2 toothpicks to hold the tortillas in place.
  — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026