sweet tooth

noun

Definition of sweet toothnext
as in craving

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Recent Examples of sweet tooth This combo can satisfy your sweet tooth while also delivering some nutritional value. — Christina Manian, Health, 26 May 2026 While honey and refined sugar may satisfy a sweet tooth, honey offers more nutrients and potential health benefits, albeit at a higher calorie count per serving. — Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 13 May 2026 Whatever the reason, these quick baking recipes will satisfy your sweet tooth fast. — Victoria Spencer, Martha Stewart, 12 May 2026 Don’t forget to raid the pastry table to satisfy your sweet tooth. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sweet tooth
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweet tooth
  1. craving
  2. hunger strike
  3. malnutrition
  4. starvation
  5. fast
  6. famine
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  • But to your brain, romance may look less like affection and more like craving, stress, and reward.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Low energy, fatigue, dizziness, lightheadedness, headaches, fainting, brittle or thin nails, hair loss, cravings to chew ice and restless legs syndrome are a few signs, according to Thomas.
    — Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of craving
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  • More than 1,000 death-row inmates held in a unit of Iran’s Ghezel Hesar Prison have entered a third week of a mass hunger strike to protest regime executions, with some prisoners sewing their lips shut in protest, according to reports.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • The 59-year-old education activist Sonam Wangchuk undertook a 26-day hunger strike in support of the movement.
    — Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of hunger strike
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  • Some of its highest-profile work was partnering with the then-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (now just the Gates Foundation) and northern Nigerian state governments on campaigns focused on malnutrition and polio eradication in Nigeria.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • Untreated dental disease drives infection, malnutrition, and avoidable hospitalization; a person who cannot chew does not eat well, and a person who does not eat well does not heal.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of malnutrition
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  • Does the system keep fee-for-service, and if so, what stops the overutilization and the starvation of primary care?
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Their starvation reached new heights, and the men ultimately broke their promise to Odysseus and killed one of Apollo’s cattle.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of starvation
Noun
  • Although Wangchuk broke his fast on July 24 after the government assured him that steps would be taken to address the students’ demands, the protest kept growing.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • One year, my family’s Yom Kippur break-fast meal was very nearly derailed when my dad got into an argument with one of our guests about the Rosenbergs.
    — Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Definition of fast
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  • Founded in 1599, the Grassmayr Bell Foundry, in Innsbruck, western Austria, has survived wars, famines, epidemics and economic challenges.
    — Philipp Jenne, Fortune, 30 July 2026
  • In the early 1930s, the Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty wrote stories denying the famine that Joseph Stalin’s forced-collectivization policies were causing in Ukraine and mocked journalists who reported the truth.
    — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026
Definition of famine

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“Sweet tooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweet%20tooth. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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