ax to grind
Example Sentences
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It has no ideological ax to grind, although it makes a persuasive case for the expansiveness of American poetry as a parallel to the definition of Americanness itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
He didn’t come off as a man with an ax to grind, but a small, petty individual who had been taken advantage of by a much more powerful man he all but worshipped.
From Slate ● May 14, 2024
I don’t have an ax to grind anymore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
The prosecutors pushed back that Yeartie was a disgruntled former employee with an ax to grind against Willis.
From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2024
Don't suppose that every one who calls to see you has an office to seek or an ax to grind.
From For Woman's Love by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
