teeth grinding

noun

, Pathology.

habitual, purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, especially during sleep.

The waterworks tend to switch on at moments of teeth-grinding stress and sweet relief.

Moffat wheeled upon him, his teeth grinding savagely together.

The Battleship Boy stood with tightly clenched fists at his side, his teeth grinding in his great effort to control himself.

The poor horses stood coupled together, with heads drooping, and teeth grinding.

Perhaps from the sound of teeth grinding against each other.

Corruption; or, perhaps from the sound of teeth grinding against each other.

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