Which preposition to use with grind

into Occurrences 36%

"First the wood is ground into pulp, and then the pulp is run through hot rollers, coming out paper.

of Occurrences 35%

Itit's only mymy fear that I'm losing you, andand my hate for the every-day grind of things, and" "I can't help that, can I?" "Why, therethere's nothing on God's earth I hate, Jimmie, like I hate that Bargain-Basement.

to Occurrences 24%

THE HUSKS OF ALMONDS.In the environs of Alicante, the husks of almonds are ground to a powder, and enter into the composition of common soap, the large quantity of alkaline principle they contain rendering them suitable for this purpose.

in Occurrences 24%

He had once, he said, intended to use the expansive force of congelation for his moving power; but he found, after making a full and accurate calculation, that the labourers required to keep the machine supplied with ice, consumed something more than twice as much corn as the mill would grind in the same time.

for Occurrences 23%

The glacial winter came on, loading the cooling mountain with ice, which flowed slowly outward in every direction, radiating from the summit in the form of one vast conical glaciera down-crawling mantle of ice upon a fountain of smoldering fire, crushing and grinding for centuries its brown, flinty lavas with incessant activity, and thus degrading and remodeling the entire mountain.

at Occurrences 17%

To have coffee in perfection, it should be roasted and ground just before it is used, and more should not be ground at a time than is wanted for immediate use, or, if it be necessary to grind more, it should be kept closed from the air.

on Occurrences 13%

The world looks pretty bleak outside and the big machine of the law goes grinding on heartless, inevitable.

through Occurrences 8%

But wherever they were ground through, the Lower Cambrian slates would be laid bare; and their remains, being washed away by the sea the last, would be washed on to the top of the remains of the Silurians; and so (as in most cases) the remains of the older rock, when redeposited by water, would lie on the remains of the younger rock.

against Occurrences 7%

It is produced by the unprotected surface of one bone grinding against the similarly unprotected surface of another.

out Occurrences 5%

When very shallow they become dry toward the end of summer; but because their basins are ground out of seamless stone they suffer no loss save from evaporation alone; and the great depth of snow that falls, lasting into June, makes their dry season short in any case.

under Occurrences 5%

By the operation of a certain set of muscles, a small quantity of this softened food from the reticulum, or second bag, is passed into the mouth, which it now becomes the pleasure of the sheep to grind under his molar teeth into a soft smooth pulp, the operation being further assisted by a flow of saliva, answering the double purpose of increasing the flavour of the aliment and promoting the solvency of the mass.

with Occurrences 5%

We stopped at a little hut, where we saw an old woman grinding with the quern, the ancient Highland instrument, which it is said was used by the Romans, but which, being very slow in its operation, is almost entirely gone into disuse.

between Occurrences 4%

" Children delight in carrying out the processes involved in the making of flour, and they can easily thrash a little wheat, then winnow, grind between stones and sift it.

as Occurrences 3%

Again miners, Indians, and dogs lined the bank, saw the piled ice masses tremble, heard a crashing and grinding as of mountains of glass hurled together, saw the barrier give way, and the frozen wastes move down on the bosom of the flood.

from Occurrences 2%

We have ground from revelation, and several other reasons, to believe with assurance that there are such creatures: but our senses not being able to discover them, we want the means of knowing their particular existences.

beneath Occurrences 2%

Up and down they fought, till all the sweet green grass was crushed and ground beneath the trampling of their heels.

among Occurrences 2%

But for the many, struggling with the innate consciousness of evil, in them and around them-an instinctive consciousness which no argumentation about 'evil being a lower form of good' will ever explain away to those who 'grind among the iron facts of life, and have no time for self-deception'-what good news for them is there in Mr. Emerson's cosy and tolerant Epicurism?

along Occurrences 2%

This was not canvass very favourable for waring, there being too much after-sail; but the sheets were attended to, and both vessels were soon driving dead to leeward, amid the foam of a large wave; the next instant, ice was heard grinding along their sides.

within Occurrences 1%

We can see this as our fathers could not see it, because the glasses through which to read literature critically have been ground within our century.

like Occurrences 1%

"They're good dogs; mighty good dogs, but they're not used to the grind like Baldy.

than Occurrences 1%

It might be supposed that white sand would have answered his purpose equally well, and have been cheaper; but, being determined to give the body of his ware as great a degree of compactness as possible, it was necessary that the materials should be reduced to the state almost of an impalpable powder; and calcined flints are much more easily brought to this state by grinding than sand would be.

by Occurrences 1%

That face, ground by want, in which every cheerful, every conversable lineament has been long effaced by misery,is that a face to stay at home with? is it more a woman, or a wild cat?

Which preposition to use with  grind