gnash
verb (used with object)
to grind or strike (the teeth) together, especially in rage or pain.
gnashes
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present tense formof gnash (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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
He foams, he writhes, he gnashes his teeth; you would imagine him in the hell he was painting, and that the fire and brimstone he is so lavish of were actually exhaling from his jaws.
From The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English by Julian Hawthorne
