gnash
verb (used with object)
to grind or strike (the teeth) together, especially in rage or pain.
had gnashed
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past perfectof gnash.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And at the beating of the telegraph-boy upon the door, within a few feet of the bed where he lay, he had gnashed his teeth and stopped his ears.
From Widdershins by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
There was a sudden motion about Tom’s jaws, as if he had gnashed his teeth, and a short gasp issued from his mouth, but that was all.
From Hunting the Lions by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
"Oh!" said Hepzibah carelessly,—for, formal as she was, still, in her life's experience, she had gnashed her teeth against human law,—"I suppose he has a law of his own!"
From House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Latude had gnashed his teeth, howled with anguish, and gnawed the earth.
From The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion With Those of General Napoleon Smith by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
