toothier; toothiest
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: having or showing prominent teeth
toothy grin
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Examples of toothy in a Sentence
a selection of gourmet cookies and other toothy delights
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Even the humble parking area has stupendous views of the toothy rock fins that jut out from the east face of 11,811-foot Laurel Mountain and the dark, imposing granite of 12,270-foot Mount Morrison.
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Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
Flanked by his creepy girlfriend Rose (Lorraine Farris), John makes himself at home with the kind of toothy salesmanship typically reserved for car salesmen and timeshare presentations.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
If the United States remains persistently hostile and other powers continue to equivocate, Xi might embrace a toothy nationalism such as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s in order to distract his public from the economic deprivations likely to accompany international isolation.
—Christopher K. Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2019
De Jong’s painterly at the style at the time was CoBrA-like, with paintings cramped with toothy, monstrous figures jostling in space.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
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Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
Flanked by his creepy girlfriend Rose (Lorraine Farris), John makes himself at home with the kind of toothy salesmanship typically reserved for car salesmen and timeshare presentations.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 July 2024
If the United States remains persistently hostile and other powers continue to equivocate, Xi might embrace a toothy nationalism such as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s in order to distract his public from the economic deprivations likely to accompany international isolation.
—Christopher K. Johnson, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2019
De Jong’s painterly at the style at the time was CoBrA-like, with paintings cramped with toothy, monstrous figures jostling in space.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2024
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“Toothy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toothy. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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