How to Use grinder in a Sentence
grinder
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My hands slip around the grinder, which tips open.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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This price for a fourth-line grinder would have once been laughed at.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 June 2026
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This grinder is compact and easy to store.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 25 Nov. 2025
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This grinder is compact and easy to store.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
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And the burr grinder takes up far more counter space in my small kitchen.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
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Debris buildup was found on the meat grinder.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
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The meat slicer and meat grinder had food debris.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado updated January 23, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
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Dark beans tumble through grinders.
—Nick El Hajj, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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Crumble the iced cake and run it through a meat grinder.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
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Once cool, grind these spices to a powder in a spice grinder.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2018
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Transfer to spice grinder or blender and pulse to blend and grind.
—The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 21 Dec. 2018
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Dad can set the grind size, choose the weight, and let the grinder do its thing.
—WIRED, 13 June 2023
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Not sure what kind of clipper or grinder will work best on your dog?
—Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 8 Sep. 2022
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Maybe she isn't wired like the rest of us grinders and working stiffs.
—Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2020
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Saw blades, grinders, and spike traps stand between you and the goal.
—Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 9 June 2025
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Pick out the spices and process them to a fine powder in a spice grinder.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
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Then the chiles are run through a grinder, twice, until smooth as cream.
—Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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Some even buy whole cuts of meat and grind it themselves in a meat grinder.
—Marygrace Taylor, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2017
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Crooks may want to pack an angle grinder along with the iPad.
—The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
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This does double duty as a spice grinder.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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Smith didn't pan out a fourth-line grinder with the Red Wings.
—Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2023
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Place the whole spices into a spice grinder and grind to a powder.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2020
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As with Doubs, each went through the grinder with ups and downs to reach this point.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
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The best part of the this pepper mill is the stainless steel grinder.
—Priya Krishna, GQ, 10 Sep. 2017
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What’s the best mini coffee grinder to buy?
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
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The back side of the meat slicer and on the meat grinder had old and new food debris.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado february 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
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The six-setting grinder is housed above the brew basket and carafe.
—Nick Guy, wsj.com, 21 Sep. 2023
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Break into small pieces and grind to a rough powder in a spice grinder.
—Jane Black, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2018
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Burr grinders are better for grinding one to two cups of beans at a time.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
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Use the hydraulic lever to raise the grinder wheel a few inches above the stump.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 1 Apr. 2015
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