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How to use grind in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Grind means to reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion. Example: “This corn grinds well.”

Examples of grind by meaning

verbTo shape with the force of friction.

  • grind a lens; grind an axe

verbTo become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.

  • This corn grinds well.
  • Steel grinds to a sharp edge.

verbTo rub one's body against another's in a sexual way; to frottage.

  • She wanted to grind herself against him, wanted to moan, loud and free, wanted to take his hand and make him touch her more firmly.2013 February 26, Elizabeth Hoyt, Lord of Darkness: Number 5 in series, Hachette UK, →ISBN
  • He ground against her until he was muttering curses, his kiss rougher than before.2016 August 16, Heather McGovern, A Moment of Bliss, Lyrical Press, →ISBN
  • She kept grinding until they were both spent: their bliss washing over them entirely.2017 December 17, Becca Fanning, Shifter Royal Dynasty Vol 1 (Royal BBW Bear Shifter Secret Baby Romance Series), Gizmo Media

verbTo repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.

  • These enemies give lots of loot when killed, so many players fight them to grind for resources.
  • The first level of the game is the best place to grind extra lives.
  • For a while I used to grind demons and try to get the count higher.

verbTo operate by turning a crank.

  • to grind an organ

verbTo eat.

  • Eh, brah, let's go grind.

verbTo instill through repetitive teaching.

  • Grinding lessons into students' heads does not motivate them to learn.

verbTo work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.

  • to grind LeetCode

More sentences with grind

  • I grind my coffee by hand with a coffee grinder with a crank handle.From the entry crank
  • Grinding sometimes involves tight tolerances on the order of a few microns.From the entry grinding
  • No grinding is allowed on the dance floor at the junior prom: it isn't age-appropriate.From the entry grinding
  • As part of its death throes, the printer made a grinding sound and then never worked again.From the entry death throe
  • A flour mill adds value to cereal grain by grinding it into meal or flour.From the entry add value
  • He's been postprocessing the 3D-printed housing by doing certain grinding and polishing steps.From the entry postprocess
  • I prefer grinding exp until I'm overleveled for a boss: it's less frustrating in the long run.From the entry overleveled
  • We can handle on a toll basis your needs for spray drying, repackaging, crushing and grinding, and dry blending.From the entry toll
  • The gears were grinding against their housing.From the entry housing
  • As soon as he has the money to retire, he plans to leave the daily grind and travel more.From the entry daily grind
  • It really grinds my gears when inconsiderate people litter.From the entry grind one's gears
  • I grinded for experience before I took on the boss.From the entry grinded
  • You have to grind up the cardamom pods.From the entry grind up
  • Grind it into a fine powder.From the entry fine
  • The itemization in this game is terrible. All the good items are so rare, it gives players no desire to grind at all.From the entry itemization
  • He's been grinding up on her.From the entry grind up
  • I should never have tried to grind the computer system to a halt. Firstly I got sacked, and then my boss gave me a right earful.From the entry give someone an earful
  • Grind AVL is our go-to spot for dalgonas and super creative latte flavors (think: toasted marshmallow).2023 May 4, Laura Hackett, “Your guide to Asheville’s coffee scene”, in AVLtoday, 6AM City Inc., archived from the original on 10 Oct 2023. From the entry dalgona
  • I usually enjoy the grind, I’m currently up to my ears in Diablo4 grind.2023 June 28, u/KickballJamal, Reddit, r/AskReddit. From the entry I choose violence
  • “It basically hasn’t become this massive chewing and grinding machine that it becomes later,” Mr.2020 November 9, Nicholas St Fleur, “How a Human Cousin Adapted to a Changing Climate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry microevolution
  • Emission changes in dimethylamino and dibutylamino versions were determined following the grinding of powder samples.2019, David J. Fisher, Mechanochromism, page 80. From the entry dibutylamino
  • Tonight there was no roar from the Mini’s engine, rather that grinding noise.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry sick to one's stomach
  • The Astra Militarum achieve their victories through hellstorms of firepower, grinding attrition and sheer dogged determination.2017, Warhammer 40,000, 8th edition, page 68. From the entry hellstorm
  • They nicknamed him “Meneito” - a Cuban dance with lots of hip grinding.2015, Martha Jo Black, Chuck Schoffner, Joe Black: More than a Dodger, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry hip-grinding
  • For laboratory use and for grinding colours and enamels porcelain pot or jar mills are used.2013, F. Singer, Industrial Ceramics, →ISBN, page 671. From the entry jar mill
  • I went back to the grind of reviewing that day's Cassini photographs.2010 February 19, Hulles, “Mimas!”, in sardonic postmodern humor. From the entry Mimantean
  • I just grinded it out and played hard, and these fans loved that.2007 May 15, Ben Shpigel, “New York Welcomes Floyd Back to Town”, in New York Times. From the entry grinded

Meaning of grind

  1. verb To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
  2. verb To shape with the force of friction.
  3. verb To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.

Full definition of grind

Questions about grind in a sentence

How do you use grind in a sentence?
Grind is used as a verb and noun. For example: “This corn grinds well.”
What is a short sentence with grind?
“to grind LeetCode”
What does grind mean?
Grind means to reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grind (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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