great toe
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Pelicans: F Brandon Ingram missed his 19th straight game because of a left great toe contusion.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023
Mariners: RHP Brandon Brennan started the sixth inning for the Mariners, but left with pain in his left great toe after throwing two pitches.
From Washington Times • Aug. 13, 2019
Couturier’s subsequent breakaway was thwarted only by a great toe save by Jack Campbell, the winning goalie in the 2010 world junior final in Saskatoon.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2011
Therefore when her petite and tearful mother, Elizabeth, Duchess of York, bent over Princess Elizabeth to say goodbye, last week, the royal infant was concentrating upon an effort to suck her left great toe.
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
He goes on: “The great toe is the sixth part of the foot.… When the arm is bent, the fleshy part shrinks to two-thirds of its length.…”
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.