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Example sentences for "minions"

Lexicographically close words:
minims; minimum; minimus; mining; minion; minis; minish; minished; minister; ministered
  1. More wrong done, more little pale hands reaching vainly forth for bread; and more hatred laid up for him and his minions at the bottom of my heart of hearts, the core and centre of my soul!

  2. Lycabetta swooped in among her women, laughing and whispering, catching now one and now another of her pretty minions by the hand, as if seeking to choose the fairest.

  3. It is not to contradict such minions that the knights of the Temple pledge their word!

  4. I will uplift my voice, and in words of thunder exhort the debased minions of tyranny to arouse themselves ere it be too late, and to shake off those fetters which they wear for the purpose of enslaving others.

  5. I shouted from the height above to four toiling minions in the cockle-shell of a boat below.

  6. Shall it be in the presence of the cringing minions who will mock at his calamity and laugh when his fear cometh?

  7. So reasoned with himself this veteran of the civil war, and the father of a loyal-hearted daughter, this slave of a power whose minions were drunken with its excess.

  8. You can no longer be insulted in the first days of your widowed grief by the coarse minions of the law at your fireside, coolly taking an inventory of your household goods, or robbing your children of their natural guardian.

  9. It was subsequently used as a horse-market, and there the three minions of Henry III.

  10. I had read in the Boston book, ay, read to Silver Heels, while her gray eyes grew rounder and rounder at the exploits of these so-called "Minions of the Moon.

  11. A shriek rang through the villa, and Nero sank fainting into the arms of the timid minions who had awaited the result of the expiation and rushed forward at his cry.

  12. I think, from what I can observe, that your course is universally popular, always excepting the mercenary minions of the Government.

  13. Let the minions of the Administration and of the Slavocracy harm one hair of your head, and they will raise a whirlwind that will sweep them to destruction.

  14. For boyish minions of unhallowed love The shameless torch of wild desire is lit, Caressed, preferred even to woman's self above, Whose forms for Nature's gentler errors fit All frailties mote excuse save that which they commit.

  15. Nor was it thought best to trust or tempt too far these minions of the new slave despotism, whose recklessness of obligations which interest or revenge prompted them to evade, was so notorious.

  16. As an indication of his confidence he ordered his bartender to fill all glasses, and beamed benignly on the recipients of his hospitality, while he awaited the minions of the law.

  17. All peoples send their tribute to his store; Wherever rivers glide or surges roar, Or mountains rise or desert plains expand, His minions sack and pillage every land.

  18. If the newcomers were the Emperor's minions the only way to avoid capture was to show a bold front and strike first.

  19. In the capital, there was always a chance of a political upheaval as the outcome of a quarrel, whereas, in a remote part, the minions of a vengeful monarch might strike unheeded.

  20. No, no," he cried, "such minions demand their proper subject.

  21. Scarce could his trampling charger move, So close the minions crowded nigh.

  22. Should it be otherwise, I need not say that Sir Baldwin of B‚thune will defend his castle against any of the minions of Prince John.

  23. The first step of King Richard was to dispossess all the minions of John from the castles and lands which had been taken from his faithful adherents.

  24. This is much for proprietary minions to own; but you are all growing better, in imitation of your master, which is indeed very commendable.

  25. Make one step farther back, and you will find proprietary injustice supported by proprietary minions and creatures, the original cause of all our uneasiness and distractions.

  26. He, too, could be classed as brigand of the wilderness, and while no warrants or charges against him were rife, he felt it wise to avoid meeting minions of the law.

  27. He was eating hastily, but with appreciation, when the door opened and two minions of the law entered.

  28. When he had gone, Schwalliger turned and winked slowly at the minions of the law, and went quietly into a corner with them, and there was the sound of the shuffling of silken paper.


  29. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "minions" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.