daily grind
Example Sentences
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Retirement is often a time when people finally relax after the daily grind of working.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 20, 2026
“The daily grind puts a lot of pressure on people. If you can alleviate a little of it, I think that’s great.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
From repeatedly whacking steel with a heavy hammer to sitting sweat-drenched by a hearth for hours, the daily grind of blademaking is also not for the faint-hearted.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Organizers had asked that parents call off work and providers close their doors to demonstrate how critical childcare is to the nation’s daily grind.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2025
But even the occasional hit would mean, at best, a minor respite from the daily grind of barely making ends meet.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
