How do you use the word "gum" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "gum": Gum got stuck to the bottom of my shoe. Believe it or not, it came in a pack of gum.

Gum Meaning

/ɡʌm/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe flesh around the teeth.

verbTo chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.

Sentence Examples

Gum got stuck to the bottom of my shoe.

Believe it or not, it came in a pack of gum.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

mumble

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

She chewed a piece of mint ____ to freshen her breath.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

You should not chew ____ during the formal interview, as it is considered to be quite unprofessional.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”). Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian gaumo (“palate”), German Gaum, Gaumen (“palate”), Luxembourgish Gomm, Gumm (“palate”), Yiddish גומען (gumen, “palate”), Danish gumme (“gums”), Icelandic gómur (“gum”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gom (“palate”); also Latin hio (“to gape, yawn”), Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “to gape, yawn”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”), Bulgarian зе́я (zéja, “to gape”), Czech zát, zet (“to gape”), Polish ziać (“to pant”), Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ, “to gape, yawn”), Serbo-Croatian зи́јати, zíjati (“to gape, yawn”), Ukrainian зя́яти (zjájaty, “to gape”), Tocharian A koy- (“mouth”), Tocharian B koyn (“mouth”). More at yawn.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[…] becoomed wi' the gum o' the coal-hill […]" — 1833, John Kennedy, Geordie Chalmers; or, the Law in Glenbuckie, page 205:

"Levi unwrapped a gum and put it in his mouth." — 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 388:

"However, Albert said in his audiotape and in his speech that a lever designed to release the lifeboat's block and tackle was gummed up with red paint." — 2012, Julie Hedgepeth Williams, A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwells' Story of Survival, →ISBN, page 184:

"He frets like a gummed velvet." — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

"It consists in gumming together long strips of words [that] have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug." — 1946, George Orwell, Politics and the English Language:

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