How to Use dental floss in a Sentence

dental floss

noun
Definition of dental flossnext
  • Late So Soon — to use dental floss to string up a cow figurine in the kitchen of your own home.
    — Keith Uhlich, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Quip This price is for the all-plastic dental floss case.
    — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 7 Sep. 2023
  • There are grouse hunters who would rather share the same strand of dental floss with you than their best grouse cover.
    — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 24 Dec. 2020
  • There was something that looked like dental floss in the second bag.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
  • In the past, beauty gurus have relied on hacks like dental floss to nail the look.
    — Lauren Rearick, Allure, 17 Aug. 2018
  • That mistake could be solved with a heat gun, some dental floss, and 10 minutes of your time.
    — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 8 July 2020
  • Connor McDavid fires pucks at a grape hung from a piece of dental floss for the made-up-on-the-spot Grape Chally.
    — Michael Blinn, SI.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Don't be shy…orgasms are as much a part of women's health as dental floss—but a lot more fun.
    — Sarah Jio, Woman's Day, 2 June 2016
  • And having too much faith in vibes can be like attempting to cross a tightrope made of dental floss.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018
  • The rope of bed sheets was bound in dental floss and anchored to a interior pipe and wrapped around their bunk bed.
    — Annie Sweeney, Chicago Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Provides five oral health care kits (toothbrush, tooth paste, dental floss) for five youth ages 5 to 18 years old who are served on the Tooth Taxi.
    — oregonlive, 4 Dec. 2022
  • A month later, the sales of toothpaste have dropped—along with dental floss, cookies and other items.
    — Judea Pearl and, WSJ, 18 May 2018
  • Our connection, once as thick as climbing rope, now felt more like a strand of dental floss.
    — Washington Post, 10 July 2019
  • Duct tape and dental floss are standard, but there are many more fine products that can help you with repairs and camp chores.
    — Popular Science, 18 Aug. 2020
  • His hands were at the correct 10 and 2 positions on the steering wheel, but stretched between them was a long piece of dental floss.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Slide long piece of unflavored dental floss under log of dough about 1 inch from end.
    — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The good news: Gates must be a regular flosser because his first guess ($4) on dental floss was off by a few cents.
    — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2018
  • There are no reports whether the 15 strips of chewing gum were consumed, nor what happened to the dental floss NASA supplied.
    — David Shribman, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
  • Sewing Kit: This should include heavy-duty needles, an awl, and dental floss for thread.
    — Jim Baird, Field & Stream, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Using a piece of dental floss, slice the log into 1-inch pieces and place on a baking sheet covered with parchment.
    — Ellise Pierce, star-telegram, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Then string the noodles together with dental floss or string.
    — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Every year the water department asked — begged — us not to flush dental floss down the toilet.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2019
  • So far on Twitter, readers have told me about their kids hoarding piles of pennies, a hammer and a piece of dental floss.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Grab a string and use it like a regular piece of dental floss, in between your teeth, around appliances, and under the gum line.
    — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 29 June 2023
  • Thirty-eight percent of Americans do not know that dental floss is used between the teeth, not between the tongue and lips.
    — Joe Queenan, WSJ, 12 July 2018
  • Hoping to follow the live hornet back to its nest, researchers used dental floss to tie a tiny radio transponder to the hornet.
    — Author: Thomas Clouse, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2020
  • In this case, the tofu and buttermilk combined for a chalky texture and the raw ribbons of rhubarb became more like dental floss with each chew.
    — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
  • Just slide a long piece of unflavored dental floss under the dough, wrap it around the top and pull tightly in opposite directions to pull the floss through the roll.
    — Meredith Deeds Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Tip After eating a mango, have some dental floss ready!
    — Derek Carwood, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2023
  • Shaving cream is alongside Bluetooth headphones; DVDs are right next to dental floss.
    — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive.com, 6 Aug. 2019

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