How to Use big toe in a Sentence

big toe

noun
  • The big toe is made up of two joints.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Turf toe is a sprain of the main joint of the big toe.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And on the right, the foot was strong, but her big toe was not.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The next morning, the big toe on his right foot was red and swollen.
    — Marlene Cimons, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
  • Dee's big toe is bigger than all her other toes.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Jan. 2026
  • This joint is located right at the base of your big toe.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And the big toe on the left foot moved up and down constantly.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Make sure to keep pressure on your big toe to support your foot.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Then, raise your lesser toes while keeping your big toe on the ground.
    — Andee Tagle, NPR, 7 June 2025
  • One of the most common places for these deposits is the joint of the big toe.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2021
  • The metatarsal bones are one to five, middle joints numbered from big toe on out.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Keep pressure in the heel of the standing leg, as well as the big toe and pinky toe.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health.com, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Place your big toe pad on a small lift, such as a thin book, with your other toes on the ground.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Check that there is no pressure on your pinky toe and only a slight amount on your big toe.
    — Jeremy Helligar, Popular Science, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Then, extend the right arm straight up from the shoulder, grab your right big toe and hold.
    — Stephanie Mansour, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Begin by placing the center of the loop around the base of the big toe.
    — Dr. Rachel Tavel, Pt, Dpt, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
  • With your outlines in front of you, mark the top of the big toe and the bottom of your heel.
    — Gia Yetikyel, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Press your big toe into the floor while keeping your smaller toes flat on the floor.
    — Genevieve Gyulavary Dpt, Outside Online, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Use a tape measure to measure the distance from the tip of your big toe to the wall.
    — Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Press your big toe and second toe into the ground and grip the step with your working foot.
    — Outside Online, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Sleeves fit around the big toe with a bang around the center of the foot to hold a cushion over your bunion.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Two straps cross at the big toe and wrap around it for a design that feels stylish and casual.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
  • An inch, the length of Kevin Durant’s big toe atop the 3-point line.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Weave one end of the shoelace into the bottom eyelet closest to your big toe.
    — Alexa Tucker, SELF, 8 May 2019
  • Then, use those same muscles of your arch and big toe to slowly lower the heel back down to the ground.
    — Andee Tagle, NPR, 7 June 2025
  • This bone bump is painful as well as the deviation of the big toe against the second toe.
    — baltimoresun.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Your big toe, otherwise known as your hallux or your big piggy, has two joints.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Use your foot to write each letter of the alphabet in the air, leading with the big toe.
    — Sarah Jividen, Verywell Health, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Spoelstra said Dru Smith (right big toe sprain) likely will not play.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026

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