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Examples of toothache in a Sentence
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What Causes Sinus Pressure? Sinus pressure may cause pain behind your eyes, tenderness of your face, and toothache.
—Sarah Bradley, Health, 31 Aug. 2023
Humans have been using castoreum for more than 2,000 years, mostly to cure ailments like headaches, earaches, toothaches, fevers and gout.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
Side effects of Dupixent may include injection site reactions, conjunctivitis (eye irritation), joint pain, digestive distress, insomnia and toothache.
—Joe and Teresa Graedon, oregonlive, 17 July 2023
Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache.
—Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
Your toothache could be caused by a crack or a break in a tooth.
—Rachel Swalin, Health, 3 Feb. 2023
Americans are less distressed by the certainty of death than by the possibility of toothache.
—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022
But some combination of personal trauma, agoraphobia, and pandemic paranoia has kept her stuck in permanent lockdown, looking down as people in masks circulate around the food truck every morning, unable even to make it to the dentist’s office to get her toothache checked.
—Ross Douthat, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
Nasal blockage or congestion; blackish or bloody nasal discharge; facial pain, numbness, or swelling; headache or pain in the eyes and orbit; toothache, loosening of tooth, or jaw involvement; blurring or double vision with pain; tingling sensation on the face; fever, and blackish skin lesions.
—Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 14 May 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of toothache was
in the 14th century
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“Toothache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toothache. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.
Kids Definition
toothache
noun
tooth·ache
ˈtü-ˌthāk
: pain in or near a tooth
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