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How to use gnash in a sentence

10 example sentences · verb, noun

Gnash means to grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger. Example: “There was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in South Melbourne last Saturday night.”

Examples of gnash by meaning

verbTo grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

  • gnashing your teeth

verbTo grind between the teeth.

  • to gnash the air in fury
  • The dog was gnashing a carpet

More sentences with gnash

  • There was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in South Melbourne last Saturday night.1910, The Old Man, Melbourne: Punch, published 1910, page 6. From the entry weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth
  • “Could you not do that?” Gwen requested, gnashing her dentures.2011, Summer Brenner, “Orange Alert”, in Gary Phillips, Andrea Gibbons, editors, Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!: Stories of Crime…. From the entry fingie
  • Believe you me, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth amongst the other members of the class.2005 November 22, “Cliffy”, “My Students Can’t Name 3 First Amendment Rights: Sad or Normal?”, in Straight Dope Message Board, The…. From the entry slanhood
  • They'll suddenly sling down everything they're holding, stand still, gnash their teeth—and then they have to go into the stamping-mill.c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden…. From the entry off one's head
  • This used-book-buying boom led to gnashing of teeth by bibliophiles, who bristled at the “antiquitization” (kottōka) of old books and the accompanying price bubble.2020, Nathan Shockey, The Typographic Imagination: Reading and Writing in Japan’s Age of Modern Print Media, Columbia University Press…. From the entry antiquitization
  • The harder you try to sleep, the greater the chances you'll end up gnashing your teeth all night rather than stacking some Zzzs.2002, The Doctors Book of Home Remedies. From the entry zzzs
  • And there was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth among the crowd of reporters invited to the Stellan Holm Gallery, then promptly expelled from it, on Sunday night.2005, Corey Kilgannon, “You Probably Say That to All Naughty Columnists”, in New York Times. From the entry weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth

Meaning of gnash

  1. verb To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.
  2. verb To grind between the teeth.
  3. verb To clash together violently.

Full definition of gnash

Questions about gnash in a sentence

How do you use gnash in a sentence?
Gnash is used as a verb and noun. For example: “There was weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth in South Melbourne last Saturday night.”
What is a short sentence with gnash?
“gnashing your teeth”
What does gnash mean?
Gnash means to grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

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