grindstone

IPA: grˈaɪndstoʊn

Examples of "grindstone" in Sentences

The grindstone was the kind that operated with a pedal, but the pedal had a tendency to stick.
Juventus director Alessio Secco has told the squad that putting their noses to the grindstone will be a quick fix solution to their problems.
ChangeWave keeps its nose to a shorter-term grindstone -- he called the category's ability to grow in the face of a serious economic downturn "astounding."
This is nothing more than a brainwashing movement supported and funded by corporate titans and bankers to keep employees happily working at the "grindstone" while filling the coffers of the elite.
While Carton declined to comment on smartphones 'long-range prospects -- ChangeWave keeps its nose to a shorter-term grindstone -- he called the category's ability to grow in the face of a serious economic downturn "astounding."
I think it's a little pompous on your part to judge whether or not strangers at Starbuck's are using Macs to be productive, and your suggestion that all the PC users in Starbucks constantly have their noses to the grindstone is a little laughable.
We have seen how in those primitive days the earth was spinning around very rapidly; and I have also stated that the earth might at this very critical epoch of its history be compared with a grindstone which is being driven so rapidly that it is on the very brink of rupture.