Example Sentences

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Sure, you could have gritted your teeth and been a “team player.”

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2021

Biles could have gritted it out, sure, but she would have placed herself in danger and probably tumbled her team right out of a medal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2021

For years, judges across the country have gritted their teeth and bought into these flagrant fictions.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2016

The council say they have gritted the road but we've been outside and it's almost impassable.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2010

Moreover, Kentucky is already represented on the bench by reactionary old James Clark McReynolds�at this thought Franklin Roosevelt may well have gritted his teeth.

From Time Magazine Archive