Example Sentences

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Gnashing teeth and leering, asymmetrical eyes are frequent, as are extra breasts.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2012

Gnashing may be too strong a word for this song cycle about the decaying effects of fame inspired partly, he says, by seeing Britney Spears hounded by paparazzi.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2011

"Gnashing and screeching, crude, primitive, vulgar," Pravda roared, having prudently reconsidered a published opinion that called the opera "a triumph" after its 1934 debut two years before.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gnashing his teeth, he fought like a hyena.

From The Spirit of the Border by Grey, Zane

Gnashing her teeth at the old gentleman, she hurried across the room and entered the library, in which my good mother was seated, reading.

From Bill the Minder by Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath)