Example Sentences

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The Eagles generally have the better side, a star-studded roster, but the Chiefs have that winning mentality and have been grinding out close victories all season.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

Some residents have resorted to raiding the pantries of neighbors who fled their homes, while others have been grinding up animal feed for flour.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2024

Edgerton is finally seeing the benefits of painstaking research he and a handful of other scientists in the world have been grinding away on, trying to push the boundaries of possibility.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Claims have been grinding lower, with employers hanging on to their workers amid a labor shortage as vaccinations allow the economy to fully reopen.

From Reuters • Aug. 19, 2021

For a week or two, the cider-mills have been grinding apples.

From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. by Hawthorne, Nathaniel