gnash

Example Sentences

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But it’s not the dirty-looking curs that run, snarl, bark and gnash their teeth behind fences when a visitor approaches that one needs to fear.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024

“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

“Go weep or gnash your teeth for Katie – and, no it’s not fair! – but we must hold that seat,” she said.

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2019

He says his daughters have seen him gnash his teeth when he talks about his father, but they also have heard him speak lovingly of the man who taught him compassion and other virtues.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2018

The quiet was disturbed only by the slup of soup and gnash of chewing, and his father waved his hand to try to drive the moths away from the chimney of the kerosene lamp.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck