How to Use minister in a Sentence

minister

1 of 2 noun
  • And many of those ministers don’t know what to do about it.
    — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But some ministers pushed back.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That year, he was ordained a minister.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • My mom has been the wife of a Methodist minister for almost five decades.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
  • But his term as finance minister was not always smooth.
    — ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Peery has been a minister at the church since 2012.
    — Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Sandy now serves as minister of works and public assets.
    — Ed Davey The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Sandy now serves as minister of works and public assets.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Not so long ago, that analogizing was the work of shamans, imams, and ministers.
    — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Wilson, who went on to become a minister, has died.
    — Isabel Yip, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
  • His mother, who was a minister of music, had Drew right by her side.
    — Sergy Odiduro, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
  • But three of the five Shia ministers did not protest this decision.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Granger, a former country singer who is now a minister, almost took his own life.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The next day, Koch addressed a group of ministers at a church in Harlem.
    — Kevin Lozano, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Castro was minister of defense at the time.
    — Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
  • But ministers have not reached a consensus yet.
    — Yarden Segev, NBC news, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Vaishnaw, the railways minister, and others waved as the train rode down the tracks.
    — Ivan Watson, CNN, 5 June 2023
  • Campbell found the minister on the ground, terrified and in pain.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • Castro was defense minister at the time.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 May 2026
  • The defense minister has deep, deep ties to Russia.
    — CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Palka, with a flattop and clean shave, looks more like a Marine than a minister.
    — Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Let our ministers and staff members be released as soon as possible.
    — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Varga, as the justice minister, had signed his pardon.
    — Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • Mourners held candles and prayed with pastors and ministers.
    — Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The campus minister did not respond to a request for comment.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Government ministers have insisted that now is not the moment for a change at the top.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • The electricity minister is also set to leave his role soon.
    — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • He was replaced by an acting defense minister.
    — Keely Bastow, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The minister grinned, refused to commit himself, and then stood up for a round of photographs.
    — Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lord Ed Vaizey, an ex-culture minister, also signed.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2026

minister

2 of 2 verb
  • Cabaret fragrance and were ministered to by make-up artists to flourish our costumes.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2019
  • Now a no-nonsense rural priest who ministers to the poor of the countryside.
    — Tufayel Ahmed, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2016
  • For example, our priests are barred from ministering to soldiers in the Army.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2019
  • There are at least 42 times in the record of his ministry where Jesus ministered to one person.
    — Loren A. Yadon, idahostatesman, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Coco Gauff of Florida may be younger than some of the ball kids ministering to her.
    — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 6 July 2019
  • Anyone who shows contempt for the judge or for the priest who stands ministering there to the Lord your God is to be put to death.
    — Alex Cuadros, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
  • Rather than focusing on building the city, Joseph's main concern is that his guest’s every need is ministered to.
    — John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2018
  • His love and compassion for God’s children was his drive to travel around the world to minister to those who were willing to listen.
    — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Gavin Rogers, who ministers to the homeless as part of his work at Travis Park Church, has had to adjust.
    — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 4 Apr. 2020
  • Churches that have spent the past few weeks collecting food, clothing and toys for families around the world are ministering to those in need every day.
    — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, NOLA.com, 25 Dec. 2017
  • At the same time, Mother Teresa died – someone who was a saint, ministered to the homeless, and the poorest in the world.
    — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Shillady described his emails as a way to minister to a candidate in perpetual motion.
    — Daniel Burke, CNN, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Mahoney once described herself as a good walker who would minister to people in her parish neighborhood by visiting them on foot.
    — Richard Chin, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2017
  • So for young and old alike, as the novel coronavirus spreads, the task at hand is to see and minister to the vulnerabilities from which our culture has trained us to avert our eyes.
    — Bonnie Kristian, TheWeek, 18 Mar. 2020
  • For safety's sake, their congregations were kept away from in-person services for months, but the need to minister to them only intensified.
    — Luis Andres Henao, Star Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Borns returned to his South Dallas neighborhood and tried to minister to the homeless and downtrodden.
    — Jennifer Emily, Dallas News, 13 May 2021
  • He was born in Africa, lived in Pakistan, Lebanon, and Israel, and ministered for years in England.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • French armed forces minister Florence Parly said in September.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
  • An order of Catholic priests, the Jesuits will continue to sponsor the school and send their members to minister at Brebeuf.
    — Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star, 21 June 2019
  • Hart, who ministers to churches in Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, knew the procession was a terrible sign.
    — Jim Morrison, Washington Post, 6 June 2019
  • And now, my calling is primarily to minister at the Haven of Rest, Akron’s Christian city mission.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 6 Dec. 2021
  • After all, the Torah had previously described Yehoshua as ministering to Moshe.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 10 July 2017
  • Brandner said a diocesan official told him Highfill would no longer be allowed to publicly minister in Las Vegas.
    — Ramon Antonio Vargas, NOLA.com, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Torres said the church mollified his family by misleading them about the steps taken to curtail Pinal’s ability to minister.
    — Katie Zavadski, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2020
  • Some are dramatic stories of recovery, starring nurses and first responders who minister to the victims, and starring those victims who manage to come back from the precipice.
    — Melissa Fay Greene, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2021
  • In her lifetime Shirley ministered in 41 different nations throughout the world, both as a teacher and an intercessor.
    — orlandosentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • At a time when church attendance has been steadily declining, Goodwin plans to minister to and pursue people who do not attend church, those who are marginalized, and young people.
    — Darcie Ortique, courant.com, 27 Dec. 2020
  • The withholding of public facilities and the refusal to allow a church to minister as a result of a social media ‘like’ implicates freedom of speech in a profound way.
    — al, 10 June 2020
  • Several years ago, Kolbe Ministries started reaching out to churches north of Houston to join with them to minister inside area prisons.
    — Jamie Swinnerton, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Because yellow fever is so contagious, the Redemptorists sent only volunteers to New Orleans to minister to those struck by the disease.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 30 Jan. 2018

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