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How to use minefield in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Minefield means an area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid. Example: “Be careful. Foreign property investments are a minefield, and some people have lost a lot of money.”

Examples of minefield by meaning

nounA matter or situation presenting multiple risks, dangers, complications or difficulties.

  • Be careful. Foreign property investments are a minefield, and some people have lost a lot of money.
  • Russian grammar can be a minefield.
  • Political minefield awaits Prayut government including threat from an old foe2022 June 1, Ken Lohatepanont, “Political minefield awaits Prayut government”, in Thai Enquirer, Bangkok: Thai News Corp, retrieved 01 Jun...

More sentences with minefield

  • The sergeant asked for someone to cross the minefield, and Private Muggins raised his hand.From the entry raise one's hand
  • Did you make a double check and a triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?From the entry triple check
  • Did you double check and triple check of the entire minefield before proceeding?From the entry triple check
  • Doc was awarded a Navy Cross after she ran through a minefield to get to an injured marine.From the entry doc
  • The ship nosed through the minefield.From the entry nose
  • Combat arms units are responsible for: Hasty breaching of barriers to include minefields.1973, The Engineer, volume 3, number 2, page 15. From the entry hasty breaching
  • A vast minefield trapped Ukrainian troops for weeks as infantry sappers slowly cleared an assault route on foot.2023 September 2, Emma Graham-Harrison, “‘Everything is ahead of us’: Ukraine breaks Russian stronghold’s first line of defence”, in The…. From the entry sapper
  • Obviously a thrust by the tankies over the ridge and through the minefield was just not on, there and then in broad daylight, a fact they appeared to recognise.1981, Noel “Wig” [Frank] Gardiner, “A Team Talk with the Tankies”, in Freyberg's Circus: Reminiscences of a Kiwi Soldier in the North…. From the entry tankie
  • That is what Chris and his men did - they laid a mineless minefield, complete with all the customary wire fencing and markers, and even a safe lane through it.2009, Jannie Geldenhuys, At the front: a general's account of South Africa's border war, page 264. From the entry mineless

Meaning of minefield

  1. noun An area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.
  2. noun A matter or situation presenting multiple risks, dangers, complications or difficulties.
  3. noun A pitch that has dried out and crumbled and on which the ball is bouncing and spinning unpredictably.

Full definition of minefield

Questions about minefield in a sentence

How do you use minefield in a sentence?
Minefield is used as a noun. For example: “Be careful. Foreign property investments are a minefield, and some people have lost a lot of money.”
What is a short sentence with minefield?
“Russian grammar can be a minefield.”
What does minefield mean?
Minefield means an area in which land mines or naval mines have been laid.

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