gnashes
- present tense form of gnash (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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The veritable pity party gnashes its teeth more and more as the months pass.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025
The great matador gnashes his teeth while the señoritas throw flowers and jewels at the doctor’s feet.
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2020
“He’s not a brooder, not someone who wrings his hands and gnashes his teeth,” Axelrod said.
From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2013
"Ancelotti clung to the wrong lifeboat, the same one as usual – Torres – and the pair of them sank together," gnashes the Gazzetta before gushing over United.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2011
In every part of the Union, this faction is in the agonies of death, and in proportion as its fate approaches, gnashes its teeth and struggles.
From The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 by Paine, Thomas
