MILLSTONE Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

millstone

noun

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as in albatross

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Recent Examples of millstone Of course, that became a millstone around my neck. —

Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025 Could Gladys be free of this ducal millstone around her neck? —

Alice Burton, Vulture, 7 July 2025 But this also turned out to be a millstone around the agency’s neck. —

ArsTechnica, 29 June 2025 Its historic millstone quarries once produced grinding stones exported across Northern Europe. —

David Nikel, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for millstone

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The latest one is Hernandez, who’s running for a second term against a slew of opponents trying to hang MacArthur Park like an albatross around the neck of the 35-year-old politician.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
When Robert became an All-Star in 2023, no one could’ve guessed that the contract would be an albatross by ’24 or that the Sox would dump him for a midlevel prospect and a 12th-rounder.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026