grind on

phrasal verb

ground on; grinding on; grinds on

: to continue for a long time

—used to describe something unpleasant

The war ground on for many more months.

Examples of grind on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web One of the single most compelling performances of this year’s festival entries shares screen time with Saldana bumping and grinding on tables while accusing government officials of corruption. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2024 Less than a week after the 24/7 visual art installation was put in place, officials have opted to close it down temporarily after people began to flash each other, grind on the portal, and one person even shared pictures of the twin tower attack to people in New York City. —

Solcyré Burga, TIME, 14 May 2024 Many protester demands have zeroed in on links to the Israeli military as the war grinds on in Gaza. —

CBS News, 4 May 2024 The war has ground on with little end in sight: Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed over 34,000 Palestinians, displaced around 80% of the population and pushed hundreds of thousands of people to the brink of famine. —

Kirsten Grieshaber, Fortune, 2 May 2024 The demonstrations have ramped up in recent days as Israel's devastating war against Hamas grinds on in the Gaza Strip, where the Hamas-run Health Ministry says more than 34,000 people have been killed, most of them women and children. —

Meg Oliver, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2024 Read More Elaborate Tales: As the Ukraine war grinds on, the Kremlin has created increasingly complex fabrications online to discredit Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, and undermine the country’s support in the West. —

Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024 Democrats have increasingly said Israel has gone too far as its offensive in Gaza grinds on, displacing nearly 2 million people who have little access to food, water or medicine. —

Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024 And as the war has ground on, Russia has witnessed increasingly harsh measures against these groups. —

Paulina Villegas, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023

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