Example Sentences

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But I also know that I am grinding here in this devil's mill while every bad man makes sport and every good man weeps!

From The Redemption of David Corson by Goss, Charles Frederic

Does that look as if I am grinding the poor?

From The Colossus A Novel by Read, Opie Percival

I am grinding at lessons from morning to night, and when I come home this is the way you treat me.

From Great Uncle Hoot-Toot by Molesworth, Mrs.

"This evening, when I am grinding the corn at the quern I shall tell you the Unique Tale."

From The King of Ireland's Son by Colum, Padraic

I am grinding at the mill and getting a little tired.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Huxley, Thomas Henry