Millstones is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Millstones meaning
plural of millstone.
Using Millstones
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of millstone.
Context around Millstones
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Millstones
- In this selection, "millstones" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, america and driving stand out and add context to how "millstones" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cereals and millstones and indication of millstones in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "millstones" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with millstones
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The homonymous village of Calatubo stood nearby and its commerce was based on the exportation of cereals and millstones. (19 words)
In Europe and North America, millstones were in use until well into the 20th century, and still are in many parts of the world. (24 words)
This device is widely credited as the first recorded attempt to describe such a device in order to produce useful work, that of driving millstones. (25 words)
The weight of his excessive ministerial burdens is evidence of a lack of available talent to fill Cabinet positions and an indication of millstones in the Cabinet. (27 words)
This device is widely credited as the first recorded attempt to describe such a device in order to produce useful work, that of driving millstones. (25 words)
In Europe and North America, millstones were in use until well into the 20th century, and still are in many parts of the world. (24 words)
Example sentences (4)
The weight of his excessive ministerial burdens is evidence of a lack of available talent to fill Cabinet positions and an indication of millstones in the Cabinet.
In Europe and North America, millstones were in use until well into the 20th century, and still are in many parts of the world.
The homonymous village of Calatubo stood nearby and its commerce was based on the exportation of cereals and millstones.
This device is widely credited as the first recorded attempt to describe such a device in order to produce useful work, that of driving millstones.