sink one's teeth into
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "She yanked her head over her shoulder and, taking her cue from the rat in the laboratory, she sank her teeth into Burt’s arm as hard as she could."
- "He can't wait to sink his teeth into the new project."
- "He seemed happy living life in cruise control, which pissed me off. “Don't you want to really sink your teeth into something?” I asked."
- "A Thrilling Lesbian Vampire Novel You’ll Want to Sink Your Teeth Into [title]"
Usage
Inflected Forms
sinks one's teeth into (present, singular)
sinking one's teeth into (participle, present)
sank one's teeth into (past)
sunk one's teeth into (participle, past)
sink one's teeth in (alternative)