Meanings of hear the grinding in English

I could hear the grinding from my hole-a sound I shall never forget.

I could hear the grinding and gnashing of the man's teeth.

Jute could hear the grinding and groaning of the massive sheet.

Don't you hear the grinding of the shingle away over the port bow?

I could hear the grinding as the other inmates swung back their gates and latched them open.

Again he jerked his wrist back sharply, so that Helen might hear the grinding of the chalk stones.

I must have been on the ocean because the horizon was curved and I could no longer hear the grinding.

Already, we hear the grinding of gears, the anguished cries as the drivers panic about the transmission of a killer app in identity crisis.

Just below them, and so close that they could hear the grinding of the Dutch water-engines being impelled by the out-going tide, was London Bridge.

And then all night to hear the grinding of the Atlantic upon the rocks instead of hansom cabs and footmen whistling for motor cars....

Faint almost to imperceptibility, but appalling, she suddenly heard the grinding of his teeth.

I heard the grinding gears of the elevator as it slowed near my floor.

It's selfish, but every time I heard the grinding noise, I knew you cared.

Almost immediately they heard the grinding of the brakes.

In the old days, you may also have heard the grinding of Jonny Wilkinson's teeth.

He heard the grinding strain of its motor and saw a double shadow on the road.