How to Use minefield in a Sentence

minefield

noun

• This issue is a political minefield.
• The rocket boosts the charge into the air, draping the line charge across the minefield.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• But as with so many things in this film — why is Penn in this minefield?
  — Miriam Elder, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2023
• Distraught Alex is on the run, and Kirsten pursues her at a sprint across the minefield.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021
• Sak also found a map that the Russians had used to mark their minefields.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• Composing the score for a war film can be, apologies for the metaphor, a minefield.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2023
• Still, who would send their kids into such a minefield?
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
• If being a Confirmed360 client is a mixed bag, working there could be a minefield.
  — Samantha Hissong, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2021
• At the point where the soldiers became stranded in a minefield, south of the town of Orikhiv, Ukraine has advanced about 1 mile.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
• The man with the unenviable task of guiding the princess through the minefield was Paul Heslop of the Halo Trust.
  — Max Foster, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
• And even when the war ends, minefields could leave the land unused and unproductive for decades.
  — WIRED, 14 Oct. 2023
• 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
• Ukraine, which has no navy to speak of, laid minefields to restrict the Russian Navy’s freedom of movement.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023
• And the one that's really slowing the Ukrainians down are these minefields.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• That may come in the form of uncrewed land vehicles, which could crash through Russian lines and clear the dense minefields in its way.
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• Behind this line are minefields and then more trenches.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 10 June 2023
• Choosing the all-time greatest movies filmed here is more of a subjective minefield, due to the eclectic nature of the best films.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 July 2022
• Being a parent of a child in the smartphone age can be a minefield, and there’s no one-fits-all path for each family.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2022
• Fighting the world is a welcome challenge; fighting at home is a minefield.
  — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023
• The system works by launching a line charge filled with explosives over a minefield.
  — Samuel Granados, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
• While no game is a given, nine wins would be impressive in this league's minefield of a schedule.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2024
• Platforms are a minefield for famous people who post from the hip without PR teams.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2022
• Nearly everywhere was a minefield: her school and her hood.
  — Michaela Angela Davis, Allure, 14 May 2022
• These children were going to school and living next to active minefield.
  — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2022
• Doctors’ broaching the topic of guns has been a political minefield in the past.
  — Harriet Jones, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2022
• Posting on YouTube as a female creator can feel like walking across a minefield, the influencers told The Post.
  — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2022
• Managers and supervisors are aware that there is a minefield out there.
  — Gina Deciani, Forbes, 11 July 2022
• Some experts say the use of cluster bombs could give Ukraine more time to clear a path through minefields by suppressing Russian fire from the trenches.
  — Time, 6 July 2023
• The system is a minefield for privacy and has spurred many people to download ad blockers.
  — Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022
• To circumvent the minefield is to neglect the person who somehow sleepwalked their way to its center.
  — Joseph Lezza, Longreads, 30 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024