grind
verb (used with object)
to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet.
is grinding
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present progressiveof grind (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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That’s what happens when a team is grinding toward its first English Premier League title in 22 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Production across the economy is grinding to a halt.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
"Coming up on a short week, everybody is grinding in here right now, making sure we get the whole game plan in and making sure everybody is ready to go."
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
In a blog to be published by the Higher Education Policy Institute, Unipol chief executive Martin Blakey says the creation of new student rooms is grinding to a halt, mainly because of high building costs.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2023
"I can only foresee," he exclaimed, "the working-classes of Europe uniting in a great federation to cry: 'We will have no more of this madness and foolery, which is grinding us to powder!'"
From Essays in Rebellion by Henry W. Nevinson
