How to Use gnash in a Sentence

gnash

verb

• So, what caused The Don to gnash his veneers this time?
  — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 16 Sep. 2019
• If Corbett wins the job and plays well, all the teeth-gnashing over the pick was for naught.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 15 July 2019
• As night fell, rain began, the sea got rougher, and the planks of the hull gnashed against each other.
  — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• In the past decade these experts have been gnashing their teeth at his proof.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 28 July 2023
• People gnashed their teeth and complained, but Valve’s vision won in the end.
  — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 21 Nov. 2019
• But for all the teeth-gnashing from Messrs Ryan and McConnell, this deal suited them too.
  — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
• Despite that increase, there’s bad news for those poor souls who wring their hands and gnash their teeth over trade deficits.
  — Ken Roberts, Forbes, 4 May 2021
• To champ is to gnash or bite or chew at something, especially when a horse does it.
  — June Casagrande, Burbank Leader, 15 Aug. 2019
• Amid it all, the thrill seekers have more to be thrilled with, while those still inclined to view the East End as a refuge rather than a magnet gnash their teeth.
  — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2017
• Not to wallow, or gnash my teeth, or cry woe and sadness about the whole situation.
  — SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• And even as both parties gnash their teeth over Russia, politicians and experts alike seem to be in denial about mistakes made in the past and the lessons to be learned from them.
  — Keith Gessen, New York Times, 8 May 2018
• The 3-year-old otter was gnashing its teeth and biting its carrier, per WPTV.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
• So while the outside is a fuzzy, soft exterior that dogs love, the interior stands up well to gnawing and gnashing.
  — Hannah Jones, Country Living, 1 Aug. 2023
• Such is not the case in Okkervil River songs, where singer-songwriter Will Sheff has time and again returned to the throat in song, often to violent, gnawing and gnashing ends.
  — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 23 May 2018
• In Logan, Hugh Jackman is a growling, stumbling, gnashing, clawing mass of near-dead, sinewy muscle.
  — Sarah Rense, Esquire, 8 Mar. 2017
• Oh, how the liberal gatekeepers gnash their teeth at my provocations!
  — Drew Magary, GQ, 21 Apr. 2018
• Parents, while gnashing their teeth trying to balance work and home schooling, have also remarked at the small joys that come with no commuting and a chance to knock off early.
  — New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
• Others embraced the glaring lights of studio cameras and endured the shouted questions from the roiling mass of reporters, a many-armed creature of gnashing teeth and cell phones held aloft.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
• Tears and teeth gnashing ensued as PeopleSoft was gutted.
  — Michael V. Copeland, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2012
• There is also an explosion of what look like giant grape vines (also wood-like), out of the pods of which erupt a crew of beasties: a gnashing cyclops, a gnashing griffin, and more gnashers.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2023
• The face is more graven these days, but the gnashing grin and the wry tone of his delivery are unchanged, as is Dafoe’s knack for wrong-footing us; his wicked characters are as hard to dislike as his virtuous ones are to trust.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2023
• Under heavy throttle, especially up long hills, the four-cylinder engine gnashes away up front.
  — Jim Resnick, Ars Technica, 19 Apr. 2018
• Austin, 51,now has become the sole hope for local Republicans who have gnashed their teeth for the past two years while Brehm has subjected the party to one embarrassment after another.
  — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 11 Mar. 2020
• Other times, Venom just takes over completely, turning Eddie into a hulking, black-and-white monster with gnashing teeth and a penchant for eating people’s heads.
  — Bryan Bishop, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2018
• Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods has triggered a fresh wave of teeth-gnashing over the robotic replacement of supermarket cashiers and warehouse workers.
  — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 29 June 2017
• There has been much teeth gnashing over the new early signing period that will happen from Dec. 20-22 and the fact starting next April, college juniors can start taking official recruiting visits.
  — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 31 May 2017
• Poor Mike has to be gnashing his teeth watching his former slugs playing with the consistency and conviction that eluded Yeo so often during his tenure in Minnesota.
  — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2017
• The research, published in Communications Biology, notes that Ferromirum oukherbouchi, a bizarre-looking shark with large eyes and a short snout, had a jaw that actually rotated to allow for the shark's newer teeth to gnash at its prey's flesh.
  — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2020
• Every concerned interest group gnashed their teeth over some element of that composition, but business, organized labor and immigrant advocacy groups locked arms behind the final product.
  — Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic, 7 Sep. 2017
• National television commentators gnashed their teeth in frustration, their digital maps unmoving.
  — The Economist, 4 Feb. 2020

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024