Sentence examples for had ground from inspiring English sources

The island's pace had ground to a halt.

The agency began investigating earlier this year and concluded that it had ground for concern, so it intensified the investigation by starting an engineering analysis.

Then came a signal of a suspected problem that had ground controllers bracing for an uncertain, possibly catastrophic re-entry into the atmosphere.

He said Chinese oil companies still had ground to cover to make themselves better understood by investors, potential host countries and partners.

The process of gradual trade liberalisation that had been under way since the end of the second world war had ground to a halt.

Second, how did Christians, from church leaders to the ordinary faithful, respond once the Nazi machinery of death had ground into action?

In the fourth inning, he had grounded out to third.

This seems to match with their reconstructions, which show that the birds that survived the extinction event had ground-dwelling features, such as relatively long legs.

Everything has ground to a halt.

Yet the war has ground on.

But sales have ground to a halt.