Example Sentences

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Maven was only ten months old at the time of the accident; Megan had kept her home because she was teething.

From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019

Had I not decided that my daughter was teething a few months back, I wouldn’t have coddled her every time she woke up at night, and she might not have continued the habit.

From Slate • May 4, 2015

As a baby, Todd was fed only fresh vegetables, fruits, and raw milk; when he was teething, he was given frozen kidneys to gnaw.

From Slate • Apr. 14, 2012

She was teething, and she needed something to chew.

From Forbes • Jul. 15, 2011

First," said Wilkinson, who was becoming, every moment, more self-possessed, and who now saw that the child, who was teething, had been thrown into spasms, "let us do what we can for her.

From The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)