grist
Example Sentences
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Tonight’s mayoral debate may add more substance to Pratt’s campaign, or grist for his opponents.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The unearthing in 2018 of a charcoal inscription at Pompeii featuring a date in October has been grist to the mill of those who seek to push the eruption beyond August.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
Efforts to make real Hollywood-style movies resulted in comically bad failures like “Lady Ballers,” which probably made more money for the content creators who used it as grist for their mockery mill.
From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025
This ought to be grist to the mill of the Scottish pack.
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025
Finals of schoolboy sports, dog racing, strange little competitions in the remoter counties, all these are grist to our hungry mill.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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