as in scraped
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound
the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain
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Recent Examples of gritted
Govel even gritted through a nasty stinger on a comebacker in the bottom of the fourth.
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Jack Vita, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
Govel even gritted through a nasty stinger on a comebacker in the bottom of the fourth inning.
—Jack Vita, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
But the Olympic debutant gritted her teeth and tried to forget about her throbbing, bruised knee.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
The 6-foot-6, 260-pound Westlake graduate missed just one game earlier this season but gritted his way through an undisclosed injury.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 12 Nov. 2025
The Carolina Panthers gritted out a 13-6 win over the New York Jets on the road thanks to a two-interception day from Jaycee Horn, a turnover-free performance from the offense and a close-to-flawless day on special teams.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
Jack Vita, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2026
Govel even gritted through a nasty stinger on a comebacker in the bottom of the fourth inning.
—Jack Vita, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
But the Olympic debutant gritted her teeth and tried to forget about her throbbing, bruised knee.
—Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
The 6-foot-6, 260-pound Westlake graduate missed just one game earlier this season but gritted his way through an undisclosed injury.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 12 Nov. 2025
The Carolina Panthers gritted out a 13-6 win over the New York Jets on the road thanks to a two-interception day from Jaycee Horn, a turnover-free performance from the offense and a close-to-flawless day on special teams.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gritted
scraped
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How humans write, speak, code and compose was easily scraped off the internet, but the bots need more information to master how to stand, step, lift, squeeze, pour and perform other physical movements.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Text, images, and videos could be easily scraped from the internet at an industrial scale.—
Robert Hart,
The Verge,
29 May 2026
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“Gritted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gritted. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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