grind

Example Sentences

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Residents have been enduring long electricity outages for years now as the island’s economy grinds to a halt.

From The Wall Street Journal

From the edge of the ravine came a grinding of ice.

From Literature

“And that grind up in the market has shifted to a grind sideways and now a grind down given sober economic data, macro indicators, and the Iran war disruption,” he added.

From Barron's

Australia’s economy is growing solidly, but it is also grinding up capacity constraints which has reignited inflation since the middle of last year.

From The Wall Street Journal

And again when I felt the cold metal graze my neck as the barber worked across my dense braid, the grind of the cutting loud in my ear.

From Literature