toothache

[US]/'tuːθeɪk/
[UK]/'tuθek/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. pain in the teeth; aching in the teeth

Example Sentences

A toothache racked my jaw.

A serious toothache is an intense pain.

I've had toothache all day.

I have got toothache, so I must go to a dentist.

He said he had a toothache but it turned out he was only fooling.

His bad temper is easily accountable; he has had a toothache all day.

This article introduced professor Jiang Jian's thoughts and clinical experience in the treatment of headache, toothache, angina, earache, glossodynia and lip ache.

Real-world Examples

How long have you had your toothache?

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book One.

It is hard to stand the pangs of a toothache.

Source: Liu Yi Breakthrough English Vocabulary 3000

A hot cloth pressed against your jaw will usually soothe a toothache.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

Two of them were stationed 570 kilometers away when one got a toothache.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

I have a really bad toothache! My cheek is swollen and I can’t eat anything.

Source: EnglishPod 181-270

We have the future simple; I will have a toothache after all this chocolate, just kidding.

Source: Learn grammar with Lucy.

This is me with a toothache, obviously.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

Fudge attempted to smile, but was unsuccessful; he merely looked as though he had a toothache.

Source: 6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Yeah. He helped Susie with her toothache today.

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

I have a toothache! How can I be lucky?

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

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