Example Sentences
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Then the dusty elephant with those arched and dome-like toenails that is standing on my breastbone is lighter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
We have all heard about Eubank's four nights in hospital and his toenails falling off.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
A Peruvian politician who had one of her advisers cut her toenails in parliament could be facing the boot.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
Rather than use a shared clipper, Bernoudy said, he would “wait until the shower, and I’d just peel my own toenails off.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
Dismay’s toenails clawed my legs and his thick coat crammed itself into my nose as my chair tipped sideways with me and Dismay in it.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
