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gnash

[nash] / næʃ /
VERB
grind
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Some barely notice they're doing it, while others can gnash through mouthguards and wake even the deepest sleeping bed partners.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

I don’t know about you, but I gnash my teeth every time I hear someone has accused a fat celebrity, model or influencer of “glorifying obesity” for simply being happy and living their life publicly.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

“I hate him. I hate him so much it makes me gnash my teeth,” she said in the interview.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2021

And fans of the books have four new reasons to gnash their teeth: HBO has announced four Game of Thrones spin-off TV shows, all with Martin’s involvement.

From The Guardian ● May 12, 2017

The rebels may gnash their teeth as they will.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The veritable pity party gnashes its teeth more and more as the months pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

The great matador gnashes his teeth while the señoritas throw flowers and jewels at the doctor’s feet.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2020

“He’s not a brooder, not someone who wrings his hands and gnashes his teeth,” Axelrod said.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2013

"Ancelotti clung to the wrong lifeboat, the same one as usual – Torres – and the pair of them sank together," gnashes the Gazzetta before gushing over United.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2011

Isabella, ashamed and confounded, recognises the madness of her first step, and gnashes her teeth in silent despair.

From My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

It requires gnashed teeth and squinting between fingers that cover your eyes.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 14, 2022

The mask came off, the gnashed teeth of the Hulk gone, a face of these Tokyo Olympics revealed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

Journalists at CNN gnashed their teeth at missed opportunities to show off their toughness and knowledge if they’d been in his place asking questions of premiers or presidents.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 23, 2021

“The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved goodbye.”

From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2019

Lieutenant Scheisskopf tore his hair and gnashed his teeth.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

After all the gnashing riffs, Lauryn Hill sang a snatch of “Nothing Even Matters,” her tender 1998 duet with D’Angelo, the neo-soul savant who died in October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

At the same time, he continues to throw himself a great pity party, wraps himself in his solipsistic view of victimhood, wailing like a banshee and gnashing his teeth in anger.

From Salon ● May 30, 2024

“While it would be nice if the Fed could fix everything on its own, it probably can’t, at least not without causing a great deal of weeping and gnashing of teeth,” said Channel.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024

“Now they have no reason to get into it. They are now sitting gnashing their teeth.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2023

There was a terrible gnashing noise, and then each of the propellers ground to a halt.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown




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