ground (down)

past tense of grind (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground (down)
Verb
  • Billing engineers were overwhelmed by manual updates, especially for enterprise contracts that spanned multiple clouds and organizational units.
    Scott Woody, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • And even before the storm made landfall, the levees protecting New Orleans began to fail, overwhelmed by heavy rain and massive storm surges.
    Reena Advani, NPR, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, fans and even former houseguests, many devastated, took to social media to voice their anger with the show.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Lebanon was devastated by a year-long conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, triggered by the militia’s backing of Hamas after the Palestinian militants attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The dust of Ogunleye, the crooked end of the street, the large canal by my uncle’s shop, the small stream of water that flowed behind our house into the large canal at the other end of the street, the foul smell that overcame the street the first time, the getting used to, the boys.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Carlos Alcaraz and Emma Raducanu were among the A-list Plastics, but Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori’s true partnership overcame the glamorous singles invaders.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Ground (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20%28down%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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