“The financial debt was their millstone, crushing their dreams and weighing heavily on their shoulders.”

“The farmer used a millstone to grind his wheat into flour.”

“I wonder when I reflect under what influence I was brought up, that my heart is not harder than the nether millstone.”

“The pent-up waters, controlled by a sluice gate, were directed past the mill wheel, driving the wooden gears, shafts and millstones.”

“The fireplace in the drawing-room was built using stone reclaimed from the steading, with the base formed from the original millstones.”

“These are cornerstones, flint stones, millstones, limestone, and milestones.”