Sentence examples for had been ground from inspiring English sources

They had been ground down.

"At the hospital, they got out all the metal that had been ground into my skin.

The telescope's mirror had been ground to the wrong curvature, making it near-sighted.

The gun's serial number, a forensic science staple for tracing guns, had been ground away.

Baghdad had been ground down by international sanctions, but Basra was on a whole different level.

But she had been ground down by their struggles and now her health was failing.

Ogilvy had been grinding through several long matches.

Any rough edges have been ground down.

Her capacity for hope has been ground down.

He is a grinder who has been ground down.

"But the profession has been ground down," Watson says.