Example Sentences

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And yet both here and in other comparable Western democracies, governing in the 2020s looks grindingly difficult.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024

In spite of its many forays into philosophy and even mysticism, these grindingly real, almost cringeworthy passages ground the novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2022

In Africa, where 20 percent of people face hunger, progress was grindingly slow.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022

And, they argue, the Fed’s willingness to keep rates low, even as the economy recovered, helped support a faster pace of growth and hiring, particularly compared with the grindingly slow recovery after the 2008-2009 recession.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022

Could no one stop this turning wheel of the world, jar it grindingly to a standstill?

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel