TOE in a Sentence

Learn TOE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

84 example sentences for TOE, such as:

1. I stubbed my toe on the step.
2. He stubbed his toe on a rock.
3. I've stubbed my toe on a rock.
4. There is a hole in the toe of my sock.
5. He dug his toe into a drift, like a schoolboy.

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 Meanings and Examples of TOE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
toe
 n.  any of the five digits at the end of the human foot
 n.  the lower end, tip, or point of something
Classic Sentence: (62 in 5 pages)
1  Desperation plucked at her when she looked at the angry sore on her toe.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
2  Just when she needed her strength most, this toe had to fester.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
3  She slipped off her worn shoe and, barefooted, she pattered swiftly to the bureau, not even feeling her festered toe.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
4  Big Sam looked down and his bare toe traced aimless marks in the road.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
5  He dug his toe into a drift, like a schoolboy.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
6  stamped on the toe, and an unexplained red glass dish which had warts.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
7  She walked the rails, balancing with arms extended, cautious heel before toe.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  Willis and Mrs. Woodford arrived, Willis in home-made knickers and black sneakers through at the toe; then Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Dillon, people as harmless and grateful as the Woodfords.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
9  Why, ma'am, it was simple enough; he pulled the trigger with his big toe.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
10  An awkward little Russian girl whom she had taken into her work-room had dropped a flat-iron on Lena's toe.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
11  It was as if a clumsy clod had trod upon his toe and he conceived it to be his privilege, his duty, to use deep, resentful oaths.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
12  He put down his pail, took the white alley, and bent over the toe with absorbing interest while the bandage was being unwound.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
13  So the boy eagerly drew his sore toe from under the sheet and held it up for inspection.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
14  Tom groaned louder, and fancied that he began to feel pain in the toe.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
15  The groans ceased and the pain vanished from the toe.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence: (22 in 2 pages)
1  She plastered herself from head to toe in high factor sun lotion.
2  I stubbed my toe against the foot of the table.
3  There is a hole in the toe of my sock.
4  It was obvious she had broken her toe, because it immediately started to swell.
5  He stubbed his toe on a rock.
6  I stubbed my toe on the step.
7  I've stubbed my toe on a rock.
8  There was probably more spunk in his little toe than most of us had in our entire being.
9  Tom drew a line in the dust with his big toe, and said: "I dare you to step over that, and I'll lick you till you can't stand up."
10  I can play through a knee, but the toe is really my foundation.
11  Her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes.
12  Instead of injecting drugs into toes, they mainlined themselves under the tongue.
13  My toes and fingers are tingling with the cold.
14  It is the simplest things in life that hold the most wonder; the color of the sea, the sand between your toes, the laughter of a child.
15  This may encourage gold traders to dip their toes back into the markets.