Example Sentences

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If neutrality equals toothlessness, I have no rebuttal to that assessment.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

This finding, along with Imparavis, indicates that toothlessness may not have been quite as unique in Early Cretaceous enantiornithines as previously thought.

From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2024

Take the moment when a roomful of dentists burst in to a round of applause when Shane finally managed to eat an apple after seven years of total toothlessness.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023

There’s a genteel political toothlessness that you’d expect from an ABC family sitcom, but maybe there’s something quietly radical about hip-hop inserting itself even into that prosaic format.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017

“Big fella shark-fish, that fella leg stop ’m along him,” the ancient grinned, exposing a horrible aperture of toothlessness for a mouth.

From Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack