put through the mill

Example Sentences

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Visiting fans, reeling from the disappointment of Sunday's defeat, were put through the mill in those closing stages but now have another Hampden date to look forward to on 16 April.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2016

Photograph: Paul Childs/Action Images If just one thing can be guaranteed at this weekend's , it is that both captains will be put through the mill.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2012

Most of the specific questions which Oswaldo Aranha, as President of the Conference, will have to put through the mill of discussion are questions in which the U.S. is prime mover.

From Time Magazine Archive

But this small boy was born in a place where his gift was despised; he was torn away from his insects and put through the mill.

From The Crow's Nest by Day, Clarence

Meffett, began by teaching every candidate the rudiments of the game; veterans and greenhorns alike were put through the mill.

From Swimming Scientifically Taught A Practical Manual for Young and Old by Dalton, Frank Eugen