teeth grinding
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The focus of his teeth grinding was Europe's growing energy shock, triggered by the burning conflict in the Middle East and threatening to dominate a summit of European leaders in Brussels on Thursday.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
I couldn’t even ask Lusk about it because, even from my house on Cape Cod, Mass., I could hear his teeth grinding in Indiana.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022
For her case in particular, she gets botox done to ease headaches that result from teeth grinding.
From Fox News • Sep. 6, 2020
“There’s not a lot of teeth grinding when you’re with them,” said Weiner.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2019
It clearly hurt her to walk: he could hear her teeth grinding together.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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