Sentence examples for went through the mill from inspiring English sources

Dillon could have been an elegant potterer, but no — he went through the mill".

Something makes me doubt that Mitt Romney ever went through the mill at Cranbrook Schools, the élite academy he attended in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Having watched with dismay as the Tusk plan went through the mill of an EU summit, he found that his respect for Cameron's stamina was simply not enough to draw him into the company of the "remainers".

"Wild 2 definitely went through the mill," he says.

French-Milled soap goes through the mill three times, so it's often called triple milled.

The Lawrences are to go through the mill once again.

If he proceeds, Cairns may have to go through the mill all over again.

Mr Clare was keen to hang on longer and thought the company gained character from going through the mill.

"Everything goes through the mill, but at the moment we are up to our eyeballs," he said.

The custom at my school, and many others like it, was to make birthday boys go "through the mill".

You'd have thought they'd have gone through the mill enough when their son was still playing.