Sentence examples for when it ground from inspiring English sources

The train was not even completely out of the station when it ground to a halt.

Kitty was glad she wasn't on the thing when it ground to a halt.

When it ground to an abrupt halt, hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets, demanding his removal from office.

The first half was reminiscent of the last final Toulouse did win, a dire overtime victory over Stade Français in Edinburgh in 2005, when it ground out victory in a game in which all the points came from kicks.

When it ground to a halt and the doors opened, men dressed in orange reflective vests hopped out to announce that this was the F train, making all local stops.

The 950-foot-long, 114,000-ton vessel has been impaled on two underwater granite outcrops since January 2012, when it grounded after Captain Francesco Schettino smashed the ship into rocks while attempting a "sail past" maneuver close to the island.

When it broke ground in Fremont, Calif., Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was then governor, and Steven Chu, the federal secretary of energy, wielded ceremonial gold-colored shovels.

He made a name for himself in the Bay Area at a time, he said, when it was "ground zero for the consciousness revolution".

Next month it will realize that goal when it breaks ground for a five-story building at 333 East 115th Street between First and Second Avenues.

He shows me how it sticks to itself when it's ground up—a good sign.

Shell executives said the Kulluk had sustained damage to its hull when it was grounded in a fierce storm on tiny Sitkalidak Island.