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I don’t know about you, but I gnash my teeth every time I hear someone has accused a fat celebrity, model or influencer of “glorifying obesity” for simply being happy and living their life publicly.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

“I hate him. I hate him so much it makes me gnash my teeth,” she said in the interview.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2021

He says his daughters have seen him gnash his teeth when he talks about his father, but they also have heard him speak lovingly of the man who taught him compassion and other virtues.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 14, 2018

And fans of the books have four new reasons to gnash their teeth: HBO has announced four Game of Thrones spin-off TV shows, all with Martin’s involvement.

From The Guardian ● May 12, 2017

She wanted to scream, to gnash her teeth and tear her clothes and beat upon the floor.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The veritable pity party gnashes its teeth more and more as the months pass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2025

The great matador gnashes his teeth while the señoritas throw flowers and jewels at the doctor’s feet.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2020

“He’s not a brooder, not someone who wrings his hands and gnashes his teeth,” Axelrod said.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2013

"Ancelotti clung to the wrong lifeboat, the same one as usual – Torres – and the pair of them sank together," gnashes the Gazzetta before gushing over United.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2011

How he groans, struggles, gnashes his teeth, tosses his arms about, and contorts his back!

From The Yellow Rose by J?kai, M?r

To give the sandworm’s gaping maw some grandeur, Green recorded a friend’s dog as it gnashed its teeth, while Mangini added grumbling whale noises that matched the rhythm of the thumper — gunk, gunk, gunk.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

Whether screaming or singing, Yates’s voice consistently traveled in a straight line toward infinity, while guitarists Brady Ebert and Pat McCrory gnashed and chugged alongside him.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2021

The mask came off, the gnashed teeth of the Hulk gone, a face of these Tokyo Olympics revealed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021

Journalists at CNN gnashed their teeth at missed opportunities to show off their toughness and knowledge if they’d been in his place asking questions of premiers or presidents.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 23, 2021

Gale the polecat gnashed her teeth in approval, but Pasiphaë didn’t seem impressed.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

After all the gnashing riffs, Lauryn Hill sang a snatch of “Nothing Even Matters,” her tender 1998 duet with D’Angelo, the neo-soul savant who died in October.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Her performance is one for the ages, a gnashing, robust physical achievement that cements her as one of the greatest actors of her generation.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

“While it would be nice if the Fed could fix everything on its own, it probably can’t, at least not without causing a great deal of weeping and gnashing of teeth,” said Channel.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024

Did they think the WGA and SAG-AFTRA weren’t going to rise up, teeth gnashing, in response?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2023

The sound of it was worse than gnashing teeth.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan