Those that made it, of course, completely swamped the Lunar bases' ability to cope, so mortality continued in a steady grind for weeks and months afterward.

Then, shaken but victorious, I turned her nose up and began once more my steady grind on the upward spiral.

Eighteen is young enough to begin the steady grind, if you have a strong constitution to keep pace with the eager mind.

There were six surgical tables working; the steady grind of the trephining saw filled Philip's throat with bile again.

One man stood out amid the steady grind for garnets.

By this time the race had settled down into a steady grind.

It's a steady grind here.

These warrior-women sentries were hard taskmasters, permitting no relaxation from the steady grind of hoeing and weeding.

The climb was not treacherous, just a steady, long uphill grind in an atmosphere that offered precious little air to breathe.

She could use a change of pace from the steady grind of her work.