toothier; toothiest
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: having or showing prominent teeth
toothy grin
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Examples of toothy in a Sentence
a selection of gourmet cookies and other toothy delights
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In a sea of gray, white and beige storage tanks within the Phillips 66 oil refinery complex in the city of Wilmington, one stands out from the rest with its orange body and toothy grin.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The Bride of Frankenstein would be nothing without her towering updo, just as skeletons don’t have the same creepy effect without bone-white pallor and toothy grin.
—Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
With the help of some viral marketing, the inexpensive, toothy thriller scored a $22 million opening weekend — already a fantastic start — and then dropped only 18% in its second weekend on its way to a $105 million domestic finish and a stellar 4.68 multiplier.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
Despite its familiarity, the movie worked, in part because the writer-director brought plenty of style and sustained anxiety to the derivative premise but also because the means of transferal was so disturbingly ordinary — a big toothy grin.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
The Bride of Frankenstein would be nothing without her towering updo, just as skeletons don’t have the same creepy effect without bone-white pallor and toothy grin.
—Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 23 Oct. 2024
With the help of some viral marketing, the inexpensive, toothy thriller scored a $22 million opening weekend — already a fantastic start — and then dropped only 18% in its second weekend on its way to a $105 million domestic finish and a stellar 4.68 multiplier.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024
Despite its familiarity, the movie worked, in part because the writer-director brought plenty of style and sustained anxiety to the derivative premise but also because the means of transferal was so disturbingly ordinary — a big toothy grin.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Toothy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toothy. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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