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How to use toothpick in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun, verb

Toothpick means a small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth. Example: “He melted a glue stick with a cigarette lighter and dabbed it onto his project with a toothpick.”

More sentences with toothpick

  • He melted a glue stick with a cigarette lighter and dabbed it onto his project with a toothpick.From the entry glue stick
  • Starters (all $2.95) include fried okra, corn nuggets, and Texas toothpicks (onion and jalapeño straws).2011, Sylvie Hogg Murphy, Food Lovers' Guide to® Kansas City, →ISBN. From the entry Texas toothpicks
  • They say "HE double toothpicks" rather than pronounce the word out loud.1999, Chip Ward, Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West. From the entry HE-double-toothpicks
  • Turn around, mister, or I'll stick this Texas toothpick in your eyes, one at a time.1992, Doyle Trent, Rawhide Ransom, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry Texas toothpick
  • For variety, wrap each hamburgher in a slice of bacon, fasten with a toothpick, and grill.1947, Maura Laverty, Maura Laverty's cookbook: with a section on diet by Sybil Le Brocquy. From the entry hamburgher
  • In the southern United States, the baculums of raccoons— nicknamed Texas toothpicks—are considered signs of luck and fertility.2016, Ann Downer, The Animal Mating Game, →ISBN. From the entry Texas toothpick
  • Toothpick umbrellas in crunchy peanut butter and raspberry.2011, Jessica Hiemstra-van der Horst, “Excerpts from Gerald, God and the Chickens”, in Apologetic for Joy, Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane…. From the entry peanut butter and jam
  • It glimmered in the sheen of an Arkansas toothpick and glowered in the shadows of a violent and reckless place.2010, Brooks Blevins, Arkansas/Arkansaw: How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol' Boys Defined a State. From the entry Arkansas toothpick
  • Their weapon of choice would appear to be the Arkansas toothpick, the name given to a kind of Bowie knife.2008, Henry Petroski, The Toothpick: Technology and Culture, page 192. From the entry Arkansas toothpick
  • Men cut each other with "California toothpicks" (bowie knives).1942, Richard Gordon Lillard, Desert Challenge, page 142. From the entry California toothpick
  • I papier-mâchéed the entire volcano, constructed the tiny town out of toothpicks, and doublechecked the calculations to make sure it’s all to scale.2019, Annabeth Bondor-Stone, Connor White, Jaclyn Hyde, HarperCollins, →ISBN. From the entry papier-mâché
  • A light-handed partner, with the deftness for the pinch and the touch with the toothpick that was all the work demanded in the early morning hours of coolness.2011, Achmed Abdullah, Vincent Starrett, Adventure Tales #5, →ISBN. From the entry light-handed
  • When it comes to China, we have gone from "Speak softly and carry a big stick" to "Take the fifth and carry a toothpick". (from a Congressional speech by Rep.1999 January 17, Tom Kuntz, “Word for Word/Representative James A. Traficant Jr.”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Dec 2011. From the entry speak softly and carry a big stick

Meaning of toothpick

  1. noun A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.
  2. noun A very thin individual.
  3. noun A small or slender penis.

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Questions about toothpick in a sentence

How do you use toothpick in a sentence?
Toothpick is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He melted a glue stick with a cigarette lighter and dabbed it onto his project with a toothpick.”
What is a short sentence with toothpick?
“Toothpick umbrellas in crunchy peanut butter and raspberry.”
What does toothpick mean?
Toothpick means a small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.

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