How to Use toothless in a Sentence

toothless

adjective

• Its skull was 50% longer than the skull of a T. rex, with a toothless beak.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 25 Sep. 2021
• Many were quick to point out that Trump’s tweet was a toothless threat.
  — Maya Kosoff, The Hive, 11 Oct. 2017
• That’s left the FEC deadlocked and toothless for years.
  — Bill Allison, Bloomberg.com, 3 May 2018
• The two white coaches who have led the Lions since have been toothless.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2022
• In laying him low, MacLean at times makes Ewan a bit too toothless.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2020
• The lion’s bite was toothless, while the ewe gored the lion’s stomach with her sharp horns.
  — Caren Schnur Neile, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
• Well, to be fair, Doc does make a brief journey to the 21st century at the top of the second act, but the satire is toothless.
  — Theater Review Aug. 3, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2023
• In that sense, the ICC has often been accused of being toothless.
  — Nicole Narea, Vox, 21 May 2024
• Perhaps my favorite was the portrait of him as a toothless six year old.
  — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 25 Jan. 2019
• The consensus: The fans who cared and those on the verge of abandoning ship had seen enough of a toothless offense.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
• Therizinosaurus may have been up to 50-feet tall, and their toothless beats may have come handy in plucking food off of trees.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2024
• Critics counter that the new law is both too vague and too toothless to help put-upon workers.
  — The Economist, 11 June 2020
• By contrast, Toipahautea had a long, toothless jaw and is thought to have fed using plates of baleen.
  — National Geographic, 19 Apr. 2018
• Whether that's a toothless threat or a more dire sign of Arctic conflict is unclear.
  — Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
• Telling beaked-whale species apart often comes down to the teeth, a task complicated by the fact that, for the most part, beaked whales are toothless.
  — J. B. MacKinnon, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2021
• The velvety 1-month-old pressed his whiskery nose into her sleeve and nuzzled her arm with his toothless gums.
  — Marc Lester, Alaska Dispatch News, 6 July 2017
• Then seemingly overnight, one type of whale — the toothless baleens — became huge.
  — Seth Borenstein, chicagotribune.com, 24 May 2017
• All living birds have toothless beaks, but this wasn’t always so.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
• Instead, its team seemed to freeze, falling to a limp, toothless 2-0 defeat.
  — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021
• In two straight matches, the U.S. looked toothless in attack and error-prone on defense.
  — Eric Betts, Slate Magazine, 6 Sep. 2017
• The absence of Danielle Hunter due to a neck injury turned a once-ferocious pass rush into a toothless one.
  — Steve Silverman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
• Pot Roast was a toothless black-and-white cat who was beloved on TikTok for her assortment of hats and messy eating habits.
  — NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022
• Also in the collection is a letter from Peaslee warning the treaty meant to bring peace to Europe was toothless.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2018
• Instead, Biden is just going to double the toothless fine for passengers who refuse to wear a mask.
  — David Faris, The Week, 9 Sep. 2021
• This time, the dazed and confused unit allowed a toothless Utah offense to drive 54 yards in less than two minutes to set up the winning 38-yard field goal.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Baleen is the apparatus toothless whales rely on to filter food from the sea.
  — Jennifer S. Holland, Smithsonian, 1 Sep. 2017
• That, plus a toothless pass rush and subpar run defense, was all the Titans needed to mount their comeback.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity, 9 Feb. 2018
• The snakes are also almost entirely toothless with a soft mouth that helps them grip smooth, round eggs, per the statement.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Sep. 2023
• The council also has 10 non-permanent members elected to two-year terms – but some feel toothless without veto privileges.
  — Richard Roth, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
• There are some more intense visuals here than others on this list, including someone vomiting bugs, a toothless old woman gnawing on a face, and, as the title suggests, a demon dragging people to hell.
  — Dustin Nelson, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024