Example Sentences

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“I was just eating those little sausages on the toothpicks, walking and walking. It was too cold to walk outside. I thought, `I’ve got to buy something here.’

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

And businesses can turn it into products ranging from furniture to toothpicks.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2024

Arrange in a pretty serving bowl or dish with toothpicks or cocktail forks.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2023

Back in the costume department, the desks are covered in pins, cotton, fabric, toothpicks, glue bottles and scissors.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2023

Jessie put down her toothpicks and looked down the stairs.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser