Example Sentences

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Mertz once referred to the snaggletoothed, gap-filled oral health care system — which isn’t really a system at all — as “a mess.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

Labubus are furry snaggletoothed gremlins, which are designed by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung and sold by Chinese toy company Pop Mart.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2025

From a snaggletoothed male, the bear took a quick bite of the back — turned a deep pink color — before discarding him on a sand bar in search of more flavorful fare.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2022

Other Rhamphorhynchus fossils indicate that these snaggletoothed reptiles sometimes had a hard time with seafood – some fossils of the pterosaur are intertwined with the fish Aspidorhynchus.

From Scientific American • Feb. 2, 2020

The youngest boy, the one Finn was already thinking of as Other-Finn, was perfectly snaggletoothed, with one adult front tooth partly grown in and one front tooth missing entirely.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix