How to Use toehold in a Sentence

toehold

noun

• American companies looking for toeholds in foreign markets.
• The same is true of Libya, the group’s toehold in North Africa.
  — National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016
• The price of that first home, that first toehold in this great city, keeps climbing, beyond the reach of so many.
  — Daniel Beekman, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
• But the sport is gaining a foothold, or at least a toehold, in Mexico.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
• A number of them are newer events hoping to get a toehold in San Diego for years to come.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2022
• One of the trustees’ ideas already has a toehold in the Legislature.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2020
• At the same age, Ortiz was searching for a toehold as a platoon player with the Twins.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
• While many of us were sleeping, hate gained a toehold in America and came out of the shadows – plucky and full of hubris.
  — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• This could allow the infection to go from a toehold to a full footprint.
  — Andrew Joseph @drewqjoseph, STAT, 14 Dec. 2020
• Now, with hustle and a little help, the family has gained a toehold in New York City.
  — Raúl Vilchis Christopher Lee, New York Times, 13 July 2023
• Yet those roles all came in movies, when such films could still hope to find a toehold at the theatrical box office.
  — Brian Lowry, CNN, 12 Nov. 2021
• That Bianco feels that conflict shows how someone like Watkins could gain a toehold and thrive.
  — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2023
• There are indications that the bank may be looking to expand its toehold in the U.S.
  — Neil Weinberg, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020
• But June 6 was just one day; the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy merely a toehold.
  — Mark Yost, WSJ, 5 June 2019
• The sport gained a toehold in the United States as early as the 1750s, when a fencing school was operating near Wall Street.
  — Photographs By Desiree Rios, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2022
• Since at least 2015, the group’s fighters have gained a toehold in eastern Afghanistan, near the country’s border with Pakistan.
  — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
• The offshore wind industry has struggled to get a toehold on the West Coast, even as projects begin to take off on the Atlantic Seaboard.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2021
• But as long as scammers and Twitter exist, keeping a toehold on the platform might be a good thing.
  — Max Eddy, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
• Slack offers a toehold in the workplace and a potential place to market any and all office needs.
  — Spencer Soper, Bloomberg.com, 15 June 2017
• That contract, worth $1.6 billion, gave SpaceX a toehold in the space industry.
  — Marc Fisher, Christian Davenport and Faiz Siddiqui, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
• In the north, Russian forces are trying to approach Kupiansk, which could act as a toehold in the Kharkiv region.
  — Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2024
• Just five boxes filled out of a couple hundred in a standard crossword, but often that toehold is all a solver needs to cruise through the rest of the grid.
  — Ross Trudeau, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2021
• With the Sox desperate for a toehold, Houck provided just that.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• The church attends to more than just the spiritual needs of its parishioners, many of whom are trying to find a toehold in a new country.
  — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
• The opportunity has sparked what’s been dubbed as the Green Rush, as growers scramble to get a toehold.
  — Jennifer Kaplan, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• Indeed, the Palestinians are denied even a symbolic toehold in or near the ancient heart of the city.
  — New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020
• With the launch of the G70, Hyundai/Kia’s nascent luxury brand, Genesis, has a toehold in its first high-volume segment.
  — Jared Gall, Car and Driver, 24 Jan. 2020
• Neither seems to care much whether his words have a toehold in reality.
  — Washington Post, 1 July 2019
• The trees grow only along the coast of California, with a toehold in Oregon, though fossils that go back millions of years can be found around the world.
  — Francine Kiefer, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2020
• Now, many Americans whose only toehold in markets are their retirement accounts are getting in on the good times, too.
  — Brian Cheung, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024