How to Use sawtooth in a Sentence

sawtooth

adjective
  • Behind the school, the sawtooth peaks of the Chugach range pierced the horizon.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 18 Sep. 2020
  • There is a sawtooth hanger on the back for quick and easy installation.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 2 June 2021
  • Transfer the ribs along with any juices to a platter, sprinkle with the green onions, sawtooth herb, and cilantro, and serve right away.
    — Madeleine Luckel, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2017
  • An orb with sawtooth mouth clenches a snake, whose head disappears into a cut-out heart flecked with blossoms and flies.
    — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 4 July 2018
  • Attach a sawtooth picture hanger centered on the back of the wood square at least 1/2 inch from the top edge; hang.
    — Lacey Howard, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Water oaks, willow oaks and sawtooth oaks aren’t suited to our alkaline soils and water.
    — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 24 July 2017
  • The main part of the structure consists of 17 bays with a sawtooth roof design and upper windows.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Stockpiles have moved in a sawtooth pattern in the past year amid a tug of war between traders with opposing views of how the market will shape up.
    — Mark Burton, Bloomberg.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Around every turn are sawtooth rock formations or remnants of the vast forests that once blanketed the mountaintops.
    — National Geographic, 12 May 2016
  • Autumn here is all about yellows, with sawtooth sunflower, tall coreopsis, and goldenrod still going strong.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Leave a Note Old-world charm meets luxury at this Center City mainstay with a sawtooth exterior.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Teachers in mountainous Kashmir took their classes outside, where students worked against a sawtooth backdrop of Himalayan peaks.
    — Jen Rose Smith, National Geographic, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Nine varieties of free seedlings were given away including American elm, eastern redbud, laurel oak, live oak, loblolly pine, overcup oak, sawtooth oak, water oak and willow oak.
    — Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018
  • That started to change with last year’s opening of the Frost Bank Tower, its faceted facade and aggressive sawtooth crown seeming to indicate the city is ready to face the challenges of the 21st century.
    — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 25 Jan. 2020

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