grind

Example Sentences

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The inside joke among the corporate team he works with is that they operate “in the basement,” where they are expected to grind out work, while the litigators have the more glamorous assignments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The 24-hour operation runs at a constant roar as machines grind rock at deafening volumes, its tunnels stretching for hundreds of kilometres beneath Poland's surface.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Rajadhyaksha points out there is a “remarkably consistent pattern p st most geopolitical conflicts …of an initial shock…then a grind back as economic fundamentals reassert themselves.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

And I actually had a couple of conversations where I'm saying 'there's no quick fix here, you just need to grind it out'.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

At three in the morning she heard a Graham Avenue trolley grind to a stop on the corner.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith