gritted teeth

Example Sentences

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We burn, we shake, we flood, and each time we face our limitations, we promise with gritted teeth to do better.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 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

You can hear the dictated words coming through his gritted teeth as you read the statement.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 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

“What?” he answered through gritted teeth without looking at me.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence