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How to use tonsil in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Tonsil means any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues. Example: “They sat there, robed up to the tonsils, and made me feel so below a juvenile delinquent.”

More sentences with tonsil

  • They sat there, robed up to the tonsils, and made me feel so below a juvenile delinquent.From the entry to the tonsils
  • He was stuffed to the tonsils with cream crackers.From the entry to the tonsils
  • Lymphadenoid tissue includes the lymph glands, spleen, bone marrow, and tonsils, and the lymphatic tissue of the organs and mucous membranes.From the entry lymphadenoid
  • “I have not accidentally swallowed my tonsils, I was merely laughing hackingly.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry hacking
  • "Because it looke like you were tongue-punching the tonsils of a stranger on the couch I paid for.2023, Mazey Eddings, The Plus One. From the entry tongue-punch
  • Would you please stop tongue punching my brother's tonsils now?2016, Alex Eddarro, Silk & Scars, page 147. From the entry tongue punch
  • The smoochsome twosome were caught playing tonsil tennis as they drove into an underpass in Foshan, China, hoping to avoid attention.2014, Andy Wells, The Daily Star. From the entry smoochsome
  • If I'd been its owner, I'd have given more than a little thought to the subject of tonsils.1934, P G Wodehouse, Thank You, Jeeves. From the entry roopy
  • Of course she can breathe while kissing but it's not exactly good quality oxygen down there at the coal face of Brian's ungargled tonsils.2007, Karina Mellinger, Defying Reality, page 29. From the entry ungargled
  • What a language it is, with all the organs of speech in loud concert - tongue, teeth, and tonsils, lips and larynx, buccinator and schnozzola!1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 109. From the entry buccinator
  • The patient may have cervical lymphadenopathy, trismus (moderate to severe increases suggestive of quinsy in acute setting), erythema of tonsils, crypt debris in tonsils or purulence of tonsils.2011, Kerryn Phelps, Craig Hassed, General Practice: The Integrative Approach, page 317. From the entry quinsy

Meaning of tonsil

  1. noun Any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

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Questions about tonsil in a sentence

How do you use tonsil in a sentence?
Tonsil is used as a noun. For example: “They sat there, robed up to the tonsils, and made me feel so below a juvenile delinquent.”
What is a short sentence with tonsil?
“He was stuffed to the tonsils with cream crackers.”
What does tonsil mean?
Tonsil means any of various small masses of lymphoid tissues.

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