How to Use minor in a Sentence

minor

1 of 3 adjective

• Her role in the project was minor.
• The grant covered only a minor part of the cost.
• The delay will be minor.
• He suffered a minor heart attack.
• I'm not worried about minor details.
• There are minor chances of showers in the short term, as well.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2023
• Keep in Mind The cap has a habit of popping off when in use—not a big deal, just a minor nuisance.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
• Here is a breakdown of the disagreements — both major and minor — that led to the strike.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 July 2023
• One of the vendors was struck and suffered minor injuries.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
• O’Neal said changes from the original 158-page plan were minor.
  — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2023
• During the course of this my father worked through three minor heart attacks.
  — Howard A. Rodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
• While there weren’t many downsides to this pick, our tester did note that there was minor sweat but zero odor.
  — Lacey Muinos, Health, 25 May 2023
• The woman said the dog, which sustained minor injuries in the attack, was leashed when the attack happened.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
• One is a minor refresh on the current model, and the other is its first version for kids.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 16 July 2023
• Fairchild was starting in right field in the place of Wil Myers, who Bell said is dealing with a minor injury.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 May 2023
• But this isn’t any old revival with a few tweaks and minor revisions.
  — Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
• There has been one report of minor oral injury, according to the FSIS.
  — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Three others were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 7 Aug. 2023
• The officers had minor injuries and were treated on the scene, police said.
  — Rebekah Riess, CNN, 3 Feb. 2024
• The boy was not injured and the girl sustained minor injuries, the CPSC reported.
  — Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 19 Aug. 2023
• This should hopefully remove any minor clots that might have formed in the nasal passages.
  — Beth Krietsch, SELF, 15 Nov. 2023
• The union said five strikers on the picket line suffered minor injuries when they were hit by a car outside a G.M. plant in Flint, Mich.
  — Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Both were healthy and active aside from minor skin lesions and mild cases of ringworm.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 29 Feb. 2024
• The four people in the GMC had injuries ranging from minor to serious.
  — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
• To treat a minor burn, follow these steps:4 Hold the area under a cool tap for five minutes to cool the skin, ease pain, and halt inflammation.
  — Stacey Colino, Parents, 20 Sep. 2023
• Knight was grazed by a bullet fragment in the shooting but had only minor injuries.
  — Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
• One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• Although Beyoncé has made minor edits to her show, the set list has mostly been the same.
  — Ada Tseng, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• April’s heavy rains Central Indiana saw minor flooding across most of its creeks and rivers.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2024
• The Kings played Saturday without forward Anze Kopitar, who also skipped the morning skate with what the team called a minor injury.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024

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minor

2 of 3 noun

• The nightclub was shut down for selling alcohol to a minor.
• She majored in chemistry with a minor in biology.
• Vast amounts of it are being consumed, and a lot of it is being consumed by minors.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Sep. 2023
• Two were minors at the time of the incidents, according to the document.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• And the prison for minors now contains adult women and teenage girls in the same facility as teenage boys.
  — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• Two minors were injured in a drive-by shooting in west Tempe on Thursday evening.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
• Women and minors have consistently made up around two-thirds of the dead.
  — CBS News, 25 Nov. 2023
• The ministry says more than 8,000 people, mostly women and minors, have been killed in Gaza.
  — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2023
• None of the detainees—who are all women and minors—had been convicted of killing Israelis.
  — WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
• About three dozen of those prisoners, all women and minors, were released as part of the first wave on Friday.
  — Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner, 24 Nov. 2023
• But once the limit is reached, minors can simply enter a passcode to keep watching.
  — Barbara Ortutay, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Oct. 2023
• This is because Delta 8 is still a psychoactive substance, and Texas law prohibits the sale of such products to minors.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
• He would also be barred from contacting any of the victims, Holgate or any minors.
  — The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
• The plaintiff on whose behalf the lawsuit was filed, a minor identified only as Jane Doe, was also a pitcher on the team.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2023
• Women and minors have consistently made up around two-thirds of the dead, though the latest number was not broken down.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2023
• The three minors were still in the hospital and continue to recover, police said.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023
• The incident led to riots across French cities, with hundreds of cars and buildings set on fire and looting, mostly by minors.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023
• Another video, sent at 8:12 p.m., showed part of the group, including at least five minors, walking hastily away from plumes of smoke.
  — Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2023
• Per the facility’s rules, minors are not allowed to go by themselves.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• The lawyer knew that even if Cheryl was put on trial, the state of California prohibited the death penalty for minors.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 28 Jan. 2024
• Criswell said that two of the people wounded in Sunday's shooting were minors and that a nineteenth person who was injured may have been struck by a car.
  — CBS News, 1 Aug. 2023
• The first state ban on gender-transition treatment for minors was passed in Arkansas in 2021.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• The charge of kidnapping a minor carries a minimum sentence of 20 years in prison, with a maximum sentence of life in prison.
  — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2023
• Eight out of the 11 victims, including the deceased, were minors, according to St. Louis police.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 18 June 2023
• Lyft, the company’s main rival, doesn’t allow minors to ride without an adult.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• Four minors were also taken into the care of the Division of Child and Family Services.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 31 Aug. 2023
• This type of work is considered too dangerous for minors.
  — Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2024
• More than 20 minors have overdosed this year according to data from the sheriff’s office.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
• The bill also restricts surgeries, which physicians say are rare for minors and only done in severe cases.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2024
• The broader issue of bans on gender-affirming care for minors could eventually be before the U.S. Supreme Court again.
  — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2024

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minor

3 of 3 verb

• A normal 14-year-old who has a physics degree and minored in math and Chinese.
  — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 15 May 2017
• Maki is a sophomore at SCAD and is a majoring in painting and minoring in art history.
  — Quoron Walker, Courant Community, 6 June 2017
• Jake hasn’t decided on a future career, but may minor in music in college.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 17 Feb. 2020
• Adigun is majoring in health sciences and minoring in peace, justice and conflict studies.
  — chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2017
• Hefner graduated in 1949 and also double-minored in creative writing and art.
  — Kate Beckman, Cosmopolitan, 25 June 2015
• Gardner, who is a strong catcher, plans to study business administration and hopes to minor in digital marketing.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• T-Bob graduated from LSU with a degree in general studies, but he also may have minored in general mayhem.
  — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• Clark started his radio career in 1945 after minoring in radio at Syracuse.
  — Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2018
• Zeigler, who minored in journalism at the University Alabama in the 1970s, administered the Facebook page.
  — al, 1 Sep. 2019
• Emma, one of about 20 Oxford survivors at the university, decided to minor in women’s studies, hoping to one day get a doctorate, maybe become a professor and teach students like her.
  — John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
• But the book will also contain Ben's perspective; though now a skilled woodworker, Ben actually majored in history and minored in English and creative writing.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 29 Mar. 2018
• The 2016 graduate majored in sociology and minored in Spanish.
  — Danielle Dreilinger, NOLA.com, 14 June 2017
• Rhea Panela is majoring in journalism, and minoring in English and diversity at the University of Washington.
  — Rhea Panela, The Seattle Times, 14 May 2017
• Volunteer doctors and nurses, some of them migrants themselves, tend to minor illnesses and injuries from a rudimentary open-air clinic operated by Global Response Management, a small aid group.
  — ExpressNews.com, 17 Nov. 2019
• Most Auburn students minoring in German are engineering majors.
  — USA TODAY, 11 July 2019
• Additionally, Rose is charged with three misdemeanors: reckless endangerment, attempt to elude and minor in possession of alcohol.
  — Ashley Remkus, AL.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• Undergraduates now have two ways to pursue ethnic studies: Students majoring in history and literature can focus on the subject, and students can minor in ethnicity, migration, rights.
  — Kate Taylor, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2020
• A normal 14-year-old who has a physics degree and minored in math and Chinese.
  — Breanna Edwards, The Root, 15 May 2017
• Maki is a sophomore at SCAD and is a majoring in painting and minoring in art history.
  — Quoron Walker, Courant Community, 6 June 2017
• Jake hasn’t decided on a future career, but may minor in music in college.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 17 Feb. 2020
• Adigun is majoring in health sciences and minoring in peace, justice and conflict studies.
  — chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2017
• Hefner graduated in 1949 and also double-minored in creative writing and art.
  — Kate Beckman, Cosmopolitan, 25 June 2015
• Gardner, who is a strong catcher, plans to study business administration and hopes to minor in digital marketing.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 7 Dec. 2020
• T-Bob graduated from LSU with a degree in general studies, but he also may have minored in general mayhem.
  — Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• Clark started his radio career in 1945 after minoring in radio at Syracuse.
  — Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2018
• Zeigler, who minored in journalism at the University Alabama in the 1970s, administered the Facebook page.
  — al, 1 Sep. 2019
• Emma, one of about 20 Oxford survivors at the university, decided to minor in women’s studies, hoping to one day get a doctorate, maybe become a professor and teach students like her.
  — John Woodrow Cox, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
• But the book will also contain Ben's perspective; though now a skilled woodworker, Ben actually majored in history and minored in English and creative writing.
  — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 29 Mar. 2018
• The 2016 graduate majored in sociology and minored in Spanish.
  — Danielle Dreilinger, NOLA.com, 14 June 2017
• Rhea Panela is majoring in journalism, and minoring in English and diversity at the University of Washington.
  — Rhea Panela, The Seattle Times, 14 May 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024