teeth grinding
nounPathology.
habitual, purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, especially during sleep.
- Also called bruxism.
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How to use teeth grinding in a sentence
The waterworks tend to switch on at moments of teeth-grinding stress and sweet relief.
Moffat wheeled upon him, his teeth grinding savagely together.
Bob Hampton of Placer | Randall ParrishThe Battleship Boy stood with tightly clenched fists at his side, his teeth grinding in his great effort to control himself.
The Battleship Boys at Sea | Frank Gee PatchinThe poor horses stood coupled together, with heads drooping, and teeth grinding.
The Diary of a Hunter from the Punjab to the Karakorum Mountains | Augustus Henry IrbyPerhaps from the sound of teeth grinding against each other.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
Corruption; or, perhaps from the sound of teeth grinding against each other.
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