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Recent Examples of gnashing
With goat horns, gnashing teeth and a long tongue to taste one's sins, Krampus is nothing short of horrifying.
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Deena Prichep, NPR, 8 Dec. 2025
The level of tension in this film reaches teeth-gnashing levels.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
So with plenty of gnashing from Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the two New Yorkers watched Sunday as the Senate found 60 votes to allow the debate to get started on a way out of this mess.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Which would make a nice change of pace from the collective teeth-gnashing in FoCo lately.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Beyond this, however, there was a fair amount of teeth gnashing about the fact that the United States faces a serious threat from China, which appears to be on course to put humans on the Moon before NASA can return there with the Artemis Program.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Deena Prichep, NPR, 8 Dec. 2025
The level of tension in this film reaches teeth-gnashing levels.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
So with plenty of gnashing from Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the two New Yorkers watched Sunday as the Senate found 60 votes to allow the debate to get started on a way out of this mess.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Which would make a nice change of pace from the collective teeth-gnashing in FoCo lately.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Beyond this, however, there was a fair amount of teeth gnashing about the fact that the United States faces a serious threat from China, which appears to be on course to put humans on the Moon before NASA can return there with the Artemis Program.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gnashing
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Papa Johns had 170 restaurants in Ohio in 2025, according to the data-scraping website ScrapeHero.—
James Powel,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2026
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There were bits of physical comedy — the flower, the bowing and scraping around Catherine de Bourgh — that was kind of clowning, really.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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The director, a graduate of the AFI conservatory, spent two summers growing up gritting his teeth at an all-boys sleepaway sports camp.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Dec. 2025
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Bob Donnan / Imagn Images North Carolina and head coach Bill Belichick picked up a second straight ACC win on Saturday, gritting to a 20-15 victory over Stanford in Chapel Hill.—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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When not used correctly, aluminum foil can cause problems such as blocking air vents, scratching the enamel of your oven, starting a fire if used in the microwave, or causing uneven cooking of cookies.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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There was something about the footprints disappearing in the powder dusting the sidewalks, the heaps of dirty snow that the kids tried to conquer like Everest, and dogs nearly my size scratching their backs on a tiny patch of ice that resonated with me.—
Leslie Hsu Oh,
Outside,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Gnashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnashing. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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