31.   Skeleton dentists, their ribs cloaked in white coats, pulling the teeth of obliging skeleton patients.

32.   She knows how to pull teeth.

33.   The dentist charged a quarter to pull a tooth, he remembered.

34.   The transition period, for us, was like pulling teeth.

35.   They pulled teeth, stitched lacerations and dished out pills.

36.   To get us on TV is like pulling teeth.

37.   Turner tells her about her single-working-mom scheduling anxieties, the new show and how it was like pulling teeth to get her to leave Texas.

38.   Toothless in Seattle, where rooting for the Seahawks is like pulling teeth.

39.   When the winter air fell upon the exposed nerves and made the girl writhe, the teeth were pulled.

40.   While she waits for shots in her mouth to take effect so an abscessed tooth can be pulled, she watches other kids.