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floss - use in sentences
Object
- mouthwash: Organize them to reflect a naturally occurring sequence - washing hands, brushing teeth, flossing, mouthwash.
- cannot: Even thorough brushing and flossing cannot remove every trace of plaque.
Converse of object
- use: Use dental floss once a day for cleaning between your teeth.
- snap: Jerking or snapping the floss into the gums can damage the gum tissue.
- eat: By the by, should Blackpool miss out on the biggie I'll eat floss with a donkey.
- guide: Use a gentle ' rocking ' motion to guide the floss between your teeth.
- have: Johnson and Johnson has a new floss that is good called ' Reach ' .
- jerk: Do not jerk the floss or snap the floss into the gums.
Preposition: between
- tooth: You should then work the floss between the teeth by using a gentle rocking motion.
Adjective modifier
- dental: The most common way to clean between teeth is with dental floss or tape.
- unwaxed: The unwaxed floss should be held between the fingers tightly with no more than 1/2 inch between them.
- green: Oxfam's green candy floss, that's what!
- special: Your dentist or hygienist will show you how to use a bridge needle or special floss, as a normal toothbrush cannot reach.
- pink: When Piper and Runner were puffed out Runner bought them both big pink candy floss.
Modifies a noun
- silk: It was such that ladies might desire to reel it off and work it into their patterns in lieu of floss silk.
- economy: The slump in manufacturing jobs is invisible, masked by the growth in the candy floss economy.
- stall: Collectively, as we waited for the vicar to arrive, we reminded me of a candy floss stall.
Noun used with modifier
- candy: The steak was like mousse, the onions were a miracle of candy floss texture.
- silk: After drying the duvet may be shaken gently to restore the loft of the silk floss.
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