Used in a Sentence

toiletry

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for toiletry.

Editorial note

Okay but for personal toiletry stuff you need the rule scrapped at both ends of your trip.

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Quick take

Any item used for personal hygiene or grooming (for one's toilet).

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of toiletry gathered in one view.

noun

Any item used for personal hygiene or grooming (for one's toilet).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for toiletry.

Example sentences

1

Okay but for personal toiletry stuff you need the rule scrapped at both ends of your trip.

2

Even a moderately fancy toiletry kit is worth maybe twenty bucks and can be replaced in ten minutes at any drugstore.

3

It's possible that confiscating oversize toiletry items and removing shoes has prevented further harm.

4

I once attached a toiletry holder in the shower that uses a pump to create the suction.

5

If clothes are each separate objects, how is a toiletry kit not cheating?

6

You couldn't complain either, for all one knew he might have been using that time for something more important than one's own toiletry needs.

7

In the UK, pharmacies sell pharmaceuticals, healthcare, beauty and toiletry products.

8

With a full supermarket loyalty database, you can just scan for anyone with suspicious toiletry purchases and an ethnic-sounding last name and bring them in for questioning.

9

If he can group things together like his 'toiletry kit', then I'll do the same with my clothes (though I have toiletries, too).

10

If you think about it, either TSA is a glorified toiletry inspector, or they are trying to use their brains to deduce who should be screened more thoroughly.

11

I've never bought a Ubisoft game since 2013 or a for the first reason (and avoid Razer), and the second one makes my toiletry shopping interesting.

12

It’s 5-something in the morning and I can’t stop laughing at the mental image of some guy cackling maniacally in the toiletry aisle while DoSing toothbrushes.

Quote examples

1

Many organic companies, particularly in the cosmetics and toiletry market, like advertising their products as "all natural" and "without scary chemicals".

2

(By his own definition, I wonder whether the OP really "owns" a toiletry kit.

3

She went around the world in 72 days, in the late 1880s, with "the dress she was wearing, a sturdy overcoat, several changes of underwear and a small travel bag carrying her toiletry essentials.

4

On another occasion, I was equally late to a connection flight (this time, not my fault), and I got through security despite having a bottle of water, a toiletry kit (including 5" blades), etc.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use toiletry in a sentence?

Okay but for personal toiletry stuff you need the rule scrapped at both ends of your trip.

What does toiletry mean?

Any item used for personal hygiene or grooming (for one's toilet).

What part of speech is toiletry?

toiletry is commonly used as noun.