How to Use toehold in a Sentence

toehold

noun
  • American companies looking for toeholds in foreign markets.
  • Turk has long kept a toehold in Palm Springs.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Only a few alders had managed to find a toehold.
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • The same is true of Libya, the group’s toehold in North Africa.
    — National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2016
  • The price of that first home, that first toehold in this great city, keeps climbing, beyond the reach of so many.
    — Daniel Beekman, The Seattle Times, 12 May 2017
  • This could allow the infection to go from a toehold to a full footprint.
    — Andrew Joseph @drewqjoseph, STAT, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Neither seems to care much whether his words have a toehold in reality.
    — Washington Post, 1 July 2019
  • Yet those roles all came in movies, when such films could still hope to find a toehold at the theatrical box office.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 12 Nov. 2021
  • But the sport is gaining a foothold, or at least a toehold, in Mexico.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • A number of them are newer events hoping to get a toehold in San Diego for years to come.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2022
  • One of the trustees’ ideas already has a toehold in the Legislature.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2020
  • That Bianco feels that conflict shows how someone like Watkins could gain a toehold and thrive.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 11 Jan. 2023
  • By that time, several others were getting toeholds on the Web.
    — Warren Berger, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2001
  • Slack offers a toehold in the workplace and a potential place to market any and all office needs.
    — Spencer Soper, Bloomberg.com, 15 June 2017
  • Stone chips detract from the appearance of your car but also can provide toeholds for rust to begin.
    — Paul Wright, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2020
  • But as long as scammers and Twitter exist, keeping a toehold on the platform might be a good thing.
    — Max Eddy, PCMAG, 1 June 2023
  • While many of us were sleeping, hate gained a toehold in America and came out of the shadows – plucky and full of hubris.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • At the same age, Ortiz was searching for a toehold as a platoon player with the Twins.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2022
  • With the Sox desperate for a toehold, Houck provided just that.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2021
  • In some schools in neighborhoods where the outbreak had gained a toehold, the vaccination rate had dropped below fifty per cent.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The church attends to more than just the spiritual needs of its parishioners, many of whom are trying to find a toehold in a new country.
    — New York Times, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Just five boxes filled out of a couple hundred in a standard crossword, but often that toehold is all a solver needs to cruise through the rest of the grid.
    — Ross Trudeau, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2021
  • Kincade also works with adults to provide crucial mentorship to women seeking to gain a toehold in the field.
    — Andrew B. Raupp, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Now, with hustle and a little help, the family has gained a toehold in New York City.
    — Raúl Vilchis Christopher Lee, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • Indeed, the Palestinians are denied even a symbolic toehold in or near the ancient heart of the city.
    — New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020
  • But there will be some examples of pro-Trump media getting a toehold outside of Fox News.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The opportunity has sparked what’s been dubbed as the Green Rush, as growers scramble to get a toehold.
    — Jennifer Kaplan, Bloomberg.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • In those early days, scientists weren’t sure that wolves would regain a toehold in the American West.
    — Ben Long, The Denver Post, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Their claim is simply the latest attempt to gain a toehold and initiate mining in one of our country's and the world's last remaining strongholds of wild salmon.
    — Author: Dave Atcheson, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 June 2017
  • But June 6 was just one day; the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy merely a toehold.
    — Mark Yost, WSJ, 5 June 2019

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