| The grinding of the grain was done with a grindstone called a Rotary Quern, or a Hand Quern if you were poorer. |
| Men occasionally damaged axes, meaning a visit to a nearby grindstone to hone a nick from the edge. |
| Brian keeps my nose to the grindstone and I continue to drive him up the wall with my behind-the-scene questions. |
| But at York Crown Court, Judge John Swanson kept his nose so hard to the grindstone, the court staff had to work in relays to keep up with him. |
| We are expected to keep our nose to the grindstone at work, be mindful at school and be reverent in church. |
| Climbing on the roof, Gawain suddenly heard a violent noise, clattering off the cliff like a grindstone on a scythe. |
