How to Use minister to in a Sentence

minister to

verb
  • Healey is not the first government minister to resign.
    — ABC News, 12 June 2026
  • Healey is the sixth minister to resign from Starmer’s government in the past month.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 11 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, Josh Baran lined up ministers to speak on the film’s behalf.
    — Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026
  • The whisky priest continues to travel, trying to both remain hidden and minister to the people.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Senegal, for example, has banned nonessential foreign travel by ministers to cut costs.
    — Judd Devermont, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Ries ministers to the congregation of 211 members that belongs to the monastery church.
    — ABC News, 8 May 2026
  • Friendship means making sure someone else is OK and then ministering to yourself.
    — Colin Fleming, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Franklin conceived the medal while serving as minister to France and commissioned two French artists to create the design.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Jim Haines, who ministers to senior adults at First Baptist, said many were married in the sanctuary.
    — Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Its members and well-wishers range from government ministers to businesspeople.
    — Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • Terman argued that the faith leaders can practice their religion by ministering to people held in out-of-state detention centers.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The bill will also empower ministers to regulate the flavors, packaging, and display of vapes and nicotine products.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The story recounts how a king, seeking to protect his kingdom, traveled with his queen, the royal astrologer, and four chief ministers to a distant land in search of magical practices.
    — Li Qi, Artforum, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Clergy and volunteers from different faiths have long ministered to immigration detainees.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Clergy and volunteers from different faiths have long ministered to immigration detainees.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Resignations could hasten Starmer’s exit from office Healey is not the first government minister to resign.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Both lawsuits claim the government violated religious freedom by not allowing the clergy to minister to migrants.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Both lawsuits claim the government violated religious freedom by not allowing the clergy to minister to migrants.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • A number of economists want the finance minister to introduce several larger headline tax rises rather than a smorgasbord of smaller tax increases.
    — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Jared Clarke, Canadian politician, spoke out about Van Alstine’s case and encouraged the health minister to meet with her about getting her surgery taken care of.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • His mother, Katharine White, had been the fiction editor, the magazine’s first; eventually, Roger filled the same chair, ministering to many of the same writers.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Catholic parishes have also ministered to people through sanctuary, the practice of providing shelter and legal protection to immigrants without legal status.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The couple moved to the Middle East and worked as pastor and pastor’s wife, ministering to expatriates, learning Arabic and homeschooling their growing brood.
    — Rachel Clarke, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Leo had a packed calendar ministering to the 33 million pilgrims who came to the Vatican during the 2025 Holy Year.
    — ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Campbell continued ministering to children.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 17 Dec. 2025
  • All three vicars show a passion not just for ministering to their flock but for helping Geordie solve an unending series of murders and crimes of passion in the sleepy village of Grantchester and the worldly nearby city of Cambridge.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 14 June 2026
  • For two years now, figures from Israeli cabinet ministers to the US President have openly called for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The access comes after a federal judge earlier this week allowed clergy members from the Chicago area to minister to migrants in the facility during Holy Week and Easter.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The people that Kozak ministered to during that period included nursing home residents and incarcerated prisoners, Maddock said.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • Health Secretary Wes Streeting became the first senior minister to quit Starmer's Cabinet in what is expected to be a precursor to challenging his leadership.
    — CBS News, 14 May 2026

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