gritted teeth
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In particular it manufactures and exports pharmaceuticals worth $50bn a year – so Dublin welcomed the EU-US agreement through gritted teeth.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
She looks that Medicaid doctor right in his very symmetrical face and says through grunts and gritted teeth: “My girl doesn’t like to wait.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2024
You can hear the dictated words coming through his gritted teeth as you read the statement.
From Slate ● Mar. 9, 2024
“You think that you got away,” Rodrigo sings through gritted teeth, adding an eerily pastoral feel to another of her signature tales of heartbreak and revenge.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
“I know she’s going with Carlson,” Benny said through gritted teeth.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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