How to Use minion in a Sentence

minion

noun
  • The big baddies, their minions, and one evil dude.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Trump and his minions tell us that the police who shoot us are outliers.
    — Solomon Jones, Philly.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Their two-year-old son stood in front of the minion character.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 2 Oct. 2019
  • And, if that wasn't enough, Singh's minions find them and they're forced to jump ship.
    — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The cat in this video seems to have learned to get his human minion to open the door by knocking.
    — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 11 June 2019
  • The whole thing might as well all be written in Minions chatter.
    — Katie Walsh, star-telegram.com, 28 June 2017
  • The whole thing might as well all be written in Minions chatter.
    — Katie Walsh, idahostatesman, 29 June 2017
  • To the old me, calling someone a minion was to use fighting words.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2019
  • All the strong people were in the one fire pit and all us little minions were in the other.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Oswald’s realm and his penguins and his minions and his passion.
    — Jack Smart, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • Silver’s minions could take a little of the wiggle room out of the rules, and that would no doubt help.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2020
  • The only way to kill the beast is to take down its minions, to remove the discomfort.
    — Sammy Nickalls, Esquire, 10 Oct. 2016
  • Read about the time Carell was gifted a Minion suitcase here.
    — Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, 30 June 2017
  • Call us suckers, but the thought of dancing minions is very appealing to us.
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 23 June 2017
  • How does Logan still hold steel-wire leashes on his minions and his investors?
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Instead, his minions, so afraid of earning his wrath, have remained quiet.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Michael’s minion demons get more and more restless and demand rewrites.
    — Noah Berlatsky, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2018
  • Meanwhile, Michael's minion demons get more and more restless and demand rewrites.
    — Noah Berlatsky, Houston Chronicle, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Even so, Kim Jong-un’s minions still got away with $81 million in that heist.
    — David E. Sanger, David D. Kirkpatrick and Nicole Perlroth, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Now imagine there are a bunch of invisible minions on that merry-go-round with you.
    — Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The temperance movement is upturned by drinking songs and free beer passed out by the dandy minions.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The baker, iron worker and scholar endure while the king and his minions perish.
    — Eric Ormsby, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • And minions have taken over Wendy’s frosty machines with a new banana flavor.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Linnux and his minions serve no artistic purpose other than to give the plot a kick toward the finale.
    — Jane Horwitz, The Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2017
  • Even so, Kim Jong Un's minions got away with $81 million in that heist.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 16 Oct. 2017
  • For instance, knock a pesky boss down with a special attack, then jump-kick your way to his wimpy minions to refill your health with easy hits.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2020
  • Kiddos and grandkids may enjoy making their own with a theme like Frozen or Minions in mind.
    — Jessica Mattern, Country Living, 1 Mar. 2017
  • Mal is led by this minion into Baghra's cave, where Tofin has already been murdered, and a fight breaks out.
    — Nick Schager, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Ackie mostly barks orders at her minions to go get him, while Nighy in his home plays the bad guy demanding blood.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
  • There at the altar, among Oral's minions,No one was asking for second opinions.
    — Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018

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