My sister is a peasant woman who has been cursed with the same grinding poverty that cursed my mother's life.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
All the islands, including Brook's, had at one time been under its grinding influence.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
The ice soon jammed in a grinding pack against the land, and the wind spent its force in vain.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook