How to Use menial in a Sentence

menial

adjective
  • Lindsay is the busser, which seems a bit menial for her, but okay.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Her menial jobs kept her away from home and the kids had to fend for themselves.
    — Amy Dickinson, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2022
  • Her menial jobs kept her away from home, and the kids had to fend for themselves.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 24 July 2022
  • Some viewed the menial tasks of running a business as a chore.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • These castes run the gamut from menial laborers to those meant to rule.
    — Jack Butler, National Review, 25 Oct. 2020
  • Even the most menial job offers a sense of purpose, Levine added.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2019
  • But this space-age jargon has its origins in menial labor from centuries ago.
    — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The city is wealthy, and slave laborers from the empire have taken over the menial work.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Most menial jobs are carried out by Dalits; few office jobs are.
    — Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Instead, it was tasked with supply jobs and menial labor like most Black troops.
    — Radhika Chalasani, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The menial cleaning tasks have been checked off—now, time to add some proposal pizzaz.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Nov. 2021
  • For the next six months, Lang carried out menial tasks on behalf of the Mossad.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Mays was 19 at the time of the fire, assigned to menial jobs such as mopping and painting.
    — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The lower classes do all the menial jobs, and are issued a dose of soma at the end of each workday.
    — Blaine Cooper, Star Tribune, 10 Apr. 2021
  • She was forced to work in a sheltered workshop for less than minimum wage, doing menial work.
    — Whizy Kim, refinery29.com, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Think of how much time our teams could save simply by automating manual, menial tasks.
    — Aaron Cirksena, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The tasks were menial — posting fliers or hanging signs in public spaces — and the pay meager.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • These men and women cooked, cared for the children, and did additional skilled and menial work.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Bravo-Brown hasn’t just done the menial work required for a QC coach.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland, 25 May 2021
  • Food is seen as something lowbrow, as a menial, laborious type of thing.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2021
  • His father, a professional baker, would sometimes ask him to do menial tasks in the kitchen.
    — Dawn Chan, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The company showed that the Uni-One can be used to make menial tasks easier.
    — Evan Williams, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2023
  • When the assistant is no longer in the room next door, managers might have to perform menial tasks themselves all of a sudden.
    — Jackie Bischof, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2021
  • In the Age of Information, though, piecework need not be menial or low-paid.
    — Robert Zafft, Forbes, 20 June 2021
  • He's been able to hold only menial jobs with his father at construction sites and is at risk of being deported each day.
    — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2022
  • It would be designed to help with repetitive, menial tasks — and usher in a future where physical work would be a choice.
    — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Erickson was never an officer in the club but a member who held menial-type roles, Coan said.
    — oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2021
  • This is when workers are done with their tasks and could log off, but remain online doing menial tasks just for the sake of appearing online.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 21 July 2022
  • Poshmark sellers have been complaining about the menial, time-intensive aspects of the app for years.
    — Alden Wicker, Wired, 10 Dec. 2020
  • Creative kids formed friendships and took care of the venue, even volunteering to do menial tasks like sweeping the floors and taking out the trash.
    — Aaron Carnes, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2021

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