How to Use ministration in a Sentence

ministration

noun

• The prized seats are the 12 spaces at the graphite-and-walnut sushi bar, with their up-close views of Park’s ministrations, and five two-seat tables a few feet away.
  — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• If anything, Gauguin comes across as a severed soul who, without the ministrations of the Tahitians, would rapidly have expired.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2018
• Only the ministrations of a wise fourth grade teacher — who lured him back to learning with bribes and then hooked him with fascinating projects — rekindled his love of learning.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2011
• Camille, as a rebel and an outsider, revolted against her mother's ministrations.
  — refinery29.com, 9 July 2018
• Each session was part ministration, part duel, part dance.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 May 2021
• Tommy the Matchmaker says hundreds of couples got married as a result of his ministrations.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2017
• A few feet away from his gentle ministrations, a makeup artist is organizing makeup and various brushes and other tools of the trade.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
• Domesticity, children, and even the devoted ministrations of a loving wife, got on his nerves after a while, hence his joy in male company and the wilderness.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2023
• Meals were laid out in the communal longhouse, and these were downright glorious concoctions, thanks to the creative ministrations of a young chef from Bogotá and a bevy of jovial local woman who assisted him.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2018
• Gin’ral Government and the ministration are going in cahoot to undermine and overrule the undertakings of the free People of Georgia.
  — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2020
• This is especially true in the current monetary cycle because of the Fed’s post-2008 ministrations.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2018
• While Louis’ piety and ministrations to the poor and lepers earned him sainthood, his reputation as a military leader is decidedly mixed.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 26 June 2019
• In the other, the country is just beginning to ascend to economic heights and international prestige through the ministrations of a strong, if somewhat vulgar, leader willing to do what needs to be done.
  — Jessica Mendoza, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2018
• Bill Baroni, a former Christie ad ministration official, is also on trial.
  — Kate Zernike, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2016
• Of course, the fostering works in the other direction, too: Klára answering Aldó’s fatherly ministrations with a style of care and attention that — if not technically spousal — suggests a mature awareness for what has been wrenched from his life.
  — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• Under the frantic ministrations of a Radio Moscow bureaucrat (Paddy Considine) the concert is quickly performed again and, this time, recorded.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2018
• To the chapel’s namesake, physical and spiritual ministrations had also seemed complementary.
  — Joni Sternbach, Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
• To the chapel’s namesake, physical and spiritual ministrations had also seemed complementary.
  — Joni Sternbach, Smithsonian, 30 June 2017
• However, emotional eaters find little lasting comfort in their culinary ministrations.
  — Philip Chard, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2017
• But are Neva’s affectionate murmurings, fleshly ministrations and feats of surrender sincere?
  — Jen McDonald, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
• The priestly ministrations of these two unforgettable performers compel every audience member to undergo Citizen’s journey.
  — Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 24 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024