How to Use minefield in a Sentence

minefield

noun
  • This issue is a political minefield.
  • Ukraine is now the world’s largest minefield.
    — Michael Jerome Plunkett september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • They were used on the front lines to walk through minefields.
    — CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Even their son's birth was a minefield of emotion.
    — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Plus, at least one cast member’s side plot feels too much like a minefield.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But as with so many things in this film — why is Penn in this minefield?
    — Miriam Elder, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
  • Surles said games like minefield expand the way children see the world.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The answer is that no one can, and by and large, the cast wisely side-steps that minefield.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The internet is a minefield the night after any big episode for any show.
    — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 16 Mar. 2018
  • To get into any plot details past this point is to play hopscotch in a minefield.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
  • Sak also found a map that the Russians had used to mark their minefields.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Escapism is tough to pull off well, but tackling the current mood is a minefield.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The workplace can be a minefield for women who have children.
    — Anna Claire Vollers | [email protected], al, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Living in a woke world is more like walking through a minefield than walking on eggshells.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Then there’s the utter minefield that Black women have to wade through.
    — Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 7 June 2024
  • Composing the score for a war film can be, apologies for the metaphor, a minefield.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The rocket boosts the charge into the air, draping the line charge across the minefield.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • And in the meantime, the people of Gaza shouldn't have to live in a minefield.
    — Steve Inskeep, NPR, 4 June 2025
  • Nanjiani and Gordon’s script zooms across a minefield of zings.
    — Jordan Hoffman, VanityFair.com, 21 Jan. 2017
  • Here's what to do when confronted by a minefield — or a moonscape — in front of you.
    — Dwight Adams, Indianapolis Star, 1 Feb. 2018
  • And even when the war ends, minefields could leave the land unused and unproductive for decades.
    — WIRED, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Distraught Alex is on the run, and Kirsten pursues her at a sprint across the minefield.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021
  • During the Tanker War, ships ran through minefields anyway.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • His wish for his party is to speed through the post-Roe minefield and hope voters put it behind them.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The longer document has been turned into a legal minefield.
    — Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Free agency has been a minefield for power hitters over the age of 30 the last two seasons.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • But while many strategists still forecast at least a modest advance, investors are wary of a minefield of risks.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That just feels like a whole minefield to have the author of the novel as part of a group of writers adapting the novel.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • Both Russia and Ukraine have used drones to remotely seed minefields for years.
    — David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • If being a Confirmed360 client is a mixed bag, working there could be a minefield.
    — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2021

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