Sentence examples similar to mill- from inspiring English sources

He was the son of Walter Fielden, a painter and decorator, and Florence (nee Thomas), who worked at the mill in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, until her death from asthma when Roy was 17.

There is no Churchill or Kennedy on offer, just run-of-the-mill politicians from a political class as despised at home as its counterparts are elsewhere.

Instead of heating wood, these stoves use other plant material even run-of-the-mill farm refuse.

Cairo is a rumour mill, so who knows what to believe?

A handful of people mill around the entrance in the glaring sun, waiting for their turn to enter.

If this sounds humdrum, that's what austerity Britain is: humdrum, run-of-the-mill immiseration.

Instead of the imaginative, integrated development plan drawn up by Charles Correa, the renowned Mumbai-based architect, the former mill-hub of Lalbaug-Parel is a soulless cram of skyscrapers, mall-to-mall carpeting and snarled traffic clashing with the tenements housing the dispossessed worker families.

The Spinnerei, a former cotton mill that now houses an enclave of artist's studios, celebrates a 10-year anniversary with open days in January, May and September.

As people mill around the open-plan kitchen, spilling out into the living room and the garden beyond, he is easily identifiable, perched on a stool, specs resting neatly on the end of his nose.

It's in these same derelict steelworks that the six redundant workers, who once manned a strip mill, end up rehearsing their strip routine.

The land was previously the site of a flour mill (moinho) owned by the Matarazzos, one of the most powerful families in the city.