gritted teeth
Example Sentences
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Harvard two years ago, through gritted teeth, with a lot of ambivalence surrounding the topic.
From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025
In particular it manufactures and exports pharmaceuticals worth $50bn a year – so Dublin welcomed the EU-US agreement through gritted teeth.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
She looks that Medicaid doctor right in his very symmetrical face and says through grunts and gritted teeth: “My girl doesn’t like to wait.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024
“You think that you got away,” Rodrigo sings through gritted teeth, adding an eerily pastoral feel to another of her signature tales of heartbreak and revenge.
From New York Times • Nov. 3, 2023
“We’re supposed to be having lunch together,” he says, smiling through gritted teeth.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
