How to Use ministerial in a Sentence

ministerial

adjective
  • They function in a ministerial capacity in the embassy.
  • She holds a ministerial office.
  • Even small acts of ministerial competence can go a long way in a crisis.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Wired, 18 June 2020
  • Insiders from both parties say the two groups haven’t agreed on who would get some other ministerial jobs.
    — Giovanni Legorano, WSJ, 23 May 2018
  • The sisters are still awaiting the results of a ministerial review of their case.
    — Maggie Freleng, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2024
  • One floor up, a study is complete with the traditional ministerial red boxes that are still used by the monarch.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The Knesset would then have three weeks to present a prime ministerial candidate.
    — Felicia Schwartz, WSJ, 15 May 2021
  • In subsequent years, Douri served in a series of ministerial posts.
    — Philip Terzian, Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2020
  • On his way home from his prime ministerial office in Beijing, his car was blocked by student protesters.
    — The Economist, 25 July 2019
  • Then came Rishi Sunak, one of whose most recent acts has been to sack his party chairman for breaking the ministerial code.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 1 Feb. 2023
  • His remarks came in the midst of a week-long ministerial meeting that sets the WHO agenda for the year.
    — Washington Post, 19 May 2021
  • Takaichi’s career in politics spans across a handful of ministerial posts and a decade in Japan’s congress.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The panel reasoned that Biel was not performing a ministerial function of a church.
    — Maura Dolan, latimes.com, 25 June 2019
  • Under the agreement, at least four ministerial posts will change hands, but major strategies are expected to remain the same.
    — ABC News, 23 June 2026
  • The prime ministerial position will be for the transitional period of three years and three months.
    — Yasir Abdalla, Sheena McKenzie and Nima Elbagir, CNN, 17 Aug. 2019
  • The United Kingdom does not set out a prime ministerial chain of succession.
    — Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Ishin, unlike Komeito, is not taking any ministerial seats in Takaichi’s cabinet, at least for now.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Markel could not avoid the bar of the ministerial exception by claiming his wage dispute with OU was secular.
    — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The prime minister acted after a standards probe found Zahawi had breached the ministerial code of conduct.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Deri allies have been signaling this week that the Shas party leader would not resign his ministerial post even if the court ruling went against him.
    — Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The end of the Korean War officially, while ministerial in its kind of layout is a big deal here in the region.
    — Fox News, 12 June 2018
  • While juggling ministerial duties, Tang spent hours each week working on the book, contributing ideas and building the website.
    — Will Henshall, TIME, 20 May 2024
  • The next ministerial conference was scheduled to take place in Geneva, Switzerland, this week and debate on this again.
    — Aditi Sangal, CNN, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Thaksin could be eligible for parole in May, his nephew is the party’s prime ministerial candidate.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The approval process for the project is ministerial, meaning the applicant does not need to seek public input and that review by city staff does not need to include public hearings.
    — Robert Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
  • She was named one of Pheu Thai’s three prime ministerial candidates ahead of the polls in 2023 and was made party chief last year.
    — Jintimas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Tomegah-Dogbe chose a government in which women hold 30% of ministerial positions, a record for the country.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The last time a leader’s visit took place was in March 2017, and ministerial-level visits were few and far between.
    — James Laurenceson, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Aimee had three ministerial assistants and a board of seven elders, along with 21 deacons — 14 of them women.
    — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
  • That discussion has since been followed by another ministerial visit to China, and high-level phone calls.
    — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025

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