gnash

Example Sentences

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The baroness gnashed her teeth as if she planned to bite someone, but the ovation grew until she had no choice but to step down and return to her seat at the trustees’ table.

From Literature

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

From Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times

The first felt too cold and couldn’t hack how to modernize Morfydd Clark’s Ophelia; the second started strong but got soggy with its repetitive weeping and gnashing.

From Los Angeles Times

In the face of terror, you need to sway and smile to take a break from the weeping and the gnashing of teeth that’s the rest of the day.

From Los Angeles Times