MILLSTONE


Meaning of MILLSTONE in English

noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

At the mercy of this resentment, this hateful millstone envy of the Calibans of this world.

He could choreograph for the company that was coming to feel like a millstone , and he could tour.

In the centre was inset yet another millstone seeded with yellow stone-crop.

It regulated the output but not the power of a millstone .

Now the speculators have hit hard times and are desperately trying to off-load the cars which have become millstones around their necks.

Paradoxically, Anthea now threatened to become a millstone to drag him down.

These colonies are millstones around our necks, as a noble lord of my acquaintance once said.

This particular heritage may be a millstone around the neck of scientific natural history.

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