How to Use grindstone in a Sentence

grindstone

noun

• It’s like nose to the grindstone, sunup to sundown and longer.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2021
• Put your nose to the grindstone and complete your tasks on time.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 7 June 2019
• There are months to put your nose to the grindstone, and months to give yourself over to play.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2023
• Things are about to pick up at work, so get ready to roll up your sleeves and put your nose to the grindstone!
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2021
• The lakes are former quarries that produced some of the finest grindstones in the world.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Keep your nose pressed firmly to the grindstone as the next four to five weeks unfold.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 20 Oct. 2020
• Both a fun party guy and someone with his nose to the grindstone.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2023
• Working doesn’t have to be nose-to-the-grindstone misery.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
• What came after—a world war and the 1950s—was a more sober, nose-to-the-grindstone economic era.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 25 May 2022
• All nose-to-the-grindstone makes Jack a dishwater-dull knife.
  — Paul Muldoon, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2019
• Tara Smith is a nose-to-the-grindstone high school student with strict parents.
  — Andrew A. Smith Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020
• The cook appreciates the grindstone to sharpen the knife.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 2 May 2018
• The tree was on the grounds of Bourlémont Castle, the château upon which the villagers of Domrémy toiled for their grindstone lives.
  — C.d. Wright, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
• Some players just keep their nose to the grindstone, without bright lights or cameras.
  — Kyle Kelly, cleveland, 30 Apr. 2021
• Putting their nose to the grindstone every day rather than the really wealthy people.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
• Immanuel Quickley has been known to put his nose to the grindstone and overcome any challenge that comes his way.
  — Kyle J. Andrews, baltimoresun.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• With his pomaded hair and neat-as-a-pin jacket and tie — even at home, he’s rarely seen in shirtsleeves — Strassera is a nose-to-the-grindstone type.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2022
• Nose to the grindstone, the brand has been hard at work creating some of the most distinctive cultivars on the market.
  — Lindsey Bartlett, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• The rest are laden with grindstone terms such as hard-working, careful, good, knowledgeable and more.
  — Stephen J Ceci, The Conversation, 21 Feb. 2020
• The donkeys pushed a grindstone, while the workers added grain, monitored the process and collected flour.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
• Avoid disapproval and censure by keeping your nose to the grindstone.
  — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 16 May 2017
• The Irish didn’t suddenly calm down, put down the Guinness, put their noses to the grindstone and work their way into an exclusive club.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 17 Mar. 2018
• After all, keeping your nose to the grindstone will make your company survive and thrive, right?
  — Rhett Power, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022
• This wry observation provides the background to Thomas’s work ethic — nose to the grindstone, stay focused, and do what needs to be done.
  — Martha Anne Toll, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022
• Leading the charge was unassuming power forward Clyde Lee, a 6-foot-10 nose-to-the-grindstone worker bee.
  — Mark Dufrene, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
• On Thursday, the Sun creates a sextile with rule-making Saturn, which encourages us to put our noses to the grindstone.
  — Venus Australis, refinery29.com, 15 Mar. 2020
• Keep your nose to the grindstone in July and August, and stick to your routines rather than initiating anything new.
  — oregonlive, 18 Feb. 2020
• Her nose-to-the-grindstone approach is probably the only thing keeping her going.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2021
• That’s all well and good, until a lunar square to Chiron in your responsible 6th house forces you to put your nose to the grindstone and do your due diligence.
  — Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
• Keep your nose to the grindstone in the upcoming week and focus on honoring your duties and obligations.
  — oregonlive, 19 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 31 Jul 2024