Examples of toothache in a Sentence
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Pliny reported the use of a mole’s tooth as an aid for human toothache.
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Few health misfortunes are more universally understood or dreaded than a toothache.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Taking NSAIDs can help relieve the discomfort of fever, muscle aches, back pain, toothaches, menstrual cramps, headaches, tendonitis, bursitis and more, says Dr. Anureet Walia, MD, a pain management specialist.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Early the next day, Ms. Colon called the New York City medical examiner’s office to say that Mr. Guzman Parra’s dental records could be found at a free clinic in Harlem where he had been treated for a toothache.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Few health misfortunes are more universally understood or dreaded than a toothache.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Taking NSAIDs can help relieve the discomfort of fever, muscle aches, back pain, toothaches, menstrual cramps, headaches, tendonitis, bursitis and more, says Dr. Anureet Walia, MD, a pain management specialist.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Early the next day, Ms. Colon called the New York City medical examiner’s office to say that Mr. Guzman Parra’s dental records could be found at a free clinic in Harlem where he had been treated for a toothache.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Toothache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toothache. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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toothache
noun
tooth·ache
ˈtü-ˌthāk 
: pain in or near a tooth
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