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How to use minion in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun, adjective

Minion means a loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being. Example: “The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.”

Examples of minion by meaning

nounA loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.

  • The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.
  • In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184

More sentences with minion

  • Could you let me lasthit those minions in peace?From the entry lasthit
  • Who knew what sort of undeadly minions de Piaget was capable of commanding.2001, Lynn Kurland, Stardust of Yesterday. From the entry undeadly
  • There England’s enemies are the pope and his priestly minions or the French, all of whom write or speak Latinly.2010, Grace Tiffany, “Being English Through Speaking English: Shakespeare and Early Modern Anti-Gallicism”, in Beatrice Batson, editor…. From the entry Latinly
  • Bush and his minions, the corporate-controlled media, the insurance industry, the oil industry, lobbyists, terrorists, illegal immigrants or Satan.2008 February 4, Michael Chabon, “Obama vs. the Phobocracy”, in Washington Post. From the entry phobocracy
  • I've discovered the Lord doesn't need lackeys, lieutenants, minions, representatives and envoys to carry His water and discharge His affairs.2005, Martin Clark, Plain Heathen Mischief, page 394. From the entry carry someone's water
  • It would be on the night of their two-month 'manniversary' that Dean's girlfriend's sister, aka Dean's evil minion, finally accepting one of Alastair's dinner invitations.2014 December 16, Daniel Wells, Alluvium: A Collection Of Poems, Essays, And Short Stories Composed In 2014, Daniel Wells, →ISBN. From the entry manniversary
  • Omniheckren’s minion would not have caught the daggered man in time enough had the young Agnarogian woman not stilled time itself to prevent the attack.2007, Nathaniel Washup, A New Beginning to an Old Ending: Book of Airik, Bloomington, Ind.; Milton Keynes, Bucks: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page…. From the entry daggered
  • This crew faces the Sauronesque embodiment of evil, the Shadow, its minions, the savage Reavers, and treachery in the usurper of Arlen's throne.1984, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, volume 104, numbers 10-14, page 146. From the entry Sauronesque
  • It’s true that Team Trump, and its cowering minions in Congress, eventually parted ways with Powell as her professional demeanor gradually slipped to reveal her tinfoil hat.2021 March 23, David Von Drehle, “Sidney Powell does an about-face on her Stop the Steal claims”, in Washington Post, →ISSN. From the entry tinfoil hat
  • Hearthstone: Battlegrounds is a raucous eight-player auto-battler featuring 24 unique Heroes, in which players will recruit minions, strategically position them, and watch as they battle for supremacy.2019 November 1, “Hearthstone® Players Take to the Skies in Descent of Dragons™”, in Business Wire, via EBSCOhost. From the entry auto-battler
  • For aspiring Saurons and Darth Sidiouses, the game allows the player to fill the boots of a big evil Overlord with a handful of minions to start out with.2007 February, “Overload”, in GameAxis Unwired, page 12. From the entry Sauron
  • Nephilims are a hybrid between humans and fallen angels, first spawned in the earliest days of prehistory when Satan's minions routinely visited Earth and seduced human females, says Godwin.1999, Weekly World News, volume 20, number 34, page 26. From the entry Nephilims
  • And straightway the minions of the law led forth from their donjon keep one whom the sleuthhounds of justice had apprehended in consequence of information received.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 310. From the entry sleuthhound
  • His book had suggested that many modern jobs were make-work, created out of “managerial feudalism,” where bosses needed minions around to feel important and signal their importance to other bosses.2025 February 12, Dan Vergano, Jeanna Bryner, “Return-to-Office Demands Don’t Benefit Employees or Businesses”, in Scientific American. From the entry make-work

Meaning of minion

  1. noun A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
  2. noun A sycophantic follower.
  3. noun The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.

Full definition of minion

Questions about minion in a sentence

How do you use minion in a sentence?
Minion is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.”
What is a short sentence with minion?
“Could you let me lasthit those minions in peace?”
What does minion mean?
Minion means a loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.

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