teeth-grinding

Any parent of a large family will know the teeth-grinding torment that is a bickering trio or quartet of children.

Travelling round the world with children 2011

* And millions of Americans resign themselves to months of unbearable, teeth-grinding suspense as Michele Bachmann says she won't announce whether she's running for president until early summer.

Happy Hour Roundup 2011

Some of the names on that list hurt to see, and a couple are exercises in teeth-grinding; but perfect is the enemy of the good, and Congressional Republicans have done a good job in using our lopsidedly minority status to the best effect possible.

Rewarding party loyalty: Kirk, Castle, and Cao. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

I once thought I might buy a second-hand Mac classic because it would be less prone to crash than 3.11 and 95 (back in the days of horrendous driver support and dial-up internet which made finding drivers a teeth-grinding chore).

Why I Didn’t Buy A Mac | Lifehacker Australia 2009

This strikes me as the shrewdest of moves, and one that will cause no end of teeth-grinding on the Catholic right, including the likes of Archbishop Burke.

And the nominee to be the new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See is... 2009

This strikes me as the shrewdest of moves, and one that will cause no end of teeth-grinding on the Catholic right, including the likes of Archbishop Burke.

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

A number of you have been linking to the glorious Blog of Unnecessary Quotation Marks, which is indeed truly teeth-grinding.

February Books 7) The UN Sanctions against Yugoslavia, by Rita Augestad Knudsen nwhyte 2009

Those are the words of Rowley Leigh, owner and head of cookery at Le Café Anglais in Whiteley's shopping centre, and it took me several minutes of wall-punching, teeth-grinding and incoherent wailing before I could formulate a reasoned response.

Whelk ice cream never meant we stopped being a Pot Noodle nation 2010

Her heel dropped from his lap, hitting the floor with teeth-grinding pain.

Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010

Her heel dropped from his lap, hitting the floor with teeth-grinding pain.

Captured by Moonlight Nancy Gideon 2010