millstone

Example Sentences

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If he did so, his quotes against divorce would be an online millstone around his neck.

From Salon

“As the only sector to record a negative return in Q3, staples was the proverbial millstone around quality’s neck.”

From Barron's

The growth of shorter formats, and especially T20, has played a part and for some national boards Test cricket is seen as a financial millstone amid poor attendances and declining interest.

From BBC

Jayne is one of an estimated one in 20 people in the UK thought to have a hoarding disorder, and is trying a new technique to release the "millstone" around her neck.

From BBC

While he said the charity does an "enormous amount of good work" across the UK "it is beleaguered with the Assured Scheme" which he said was like a "millstone" around the charity's neck.

From BBC