grist

Example Sentences

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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

“The data should provide plenty of grist for earthquake prediction,” says Jeffrey Park, a seismologist at Yale University.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 17, 2024

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