as in scraping
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 gritting
Showed toughness by gritting through ankle and knee injuries in the Final Four and title game.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
When my grandchildren were around recently, Marie was gritting her teeth because her nerves were so frayed.
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Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
7 June 2026
The director, a graduate of the AFI conservatory, spent two summers growing up gritting his teeth at an all-boys sleepaway sports camp.
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Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Dec. 2025
Bob Donnan / Imagn Images North Carolina and head coach Bill Belichick picked up a second straight ACC win on Saturday, gritting to a 20-15 victory over Stanford in Chapel Hill.
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Justin Williams,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
ABC News,
23 June 2026
When my grandchildren were around recently, Marie was gritting her teeth because her nerves were so frayed.
—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
7 June 2026
The director, a graduate of the AFI conservatory, spent two summers growing up gritting his teeth at an all-boys sleepaway sports camp.
—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Dec. 2025
Bob Donnan / Imagn Images North Carolina and head coach Bill Belichick picked up a second straight ACC win on Saturday, gritting to a 20-15 victory over Stanford in Chapel Hill.
—
Justin Williams,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gritting
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Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with ⅓ cup sour cream in 2 additions (about 2½ tablespoons each), scraping down bowl as needed.
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Meanwhile the servers strain under the weight of AI companies scraping the encyclopedia in bulk, on a roughly $180 million annual budget funded mostly by donations of between two and eleven dollars.
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The hike includes the park’s east side on the Grasslands Trail, which leads to a Kumeyaay grinding rocks site and the scenic Old Mission Dam overlook.
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Those particles may have been grinding in the joint, causing mechanical wear on the cobalt-chromium femoral head that released cobalt into the surrounding tissue and bloodstream.
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“Gritting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gritting. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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