How to Use of mine in a Sentence

of mine

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  • But that got picked up and it’s framed like this is a beef of mine.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
  • And that was a dream of mine for a very long time that just didn't come to fruition.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The mother of a friend of mine was taking him to lunch.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Oct. 2023
  • She's become a very close friend of mine, and that's it.
    Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
  • At the moment, Star Trek Legacy is just a pie-in-the-sky wish of mine.
    Phil Pirrello, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
  • First of all, Jimi was a good friend of mine, rest his soul.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2023
  • As a mom of five kids, Melissa & Doug has been a beloved brand of mine for years.
    Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Some colleagues of mine went back and forth, and the Freetown the Tree Town idea just came about.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Had a friend of mine that said a bale fell on him and hurt him pretty bad, though.
    Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
  • A lot of my scenes were with Kristen and Kristen is a hero of mine.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2024
  • A week ago, Sam Rockwell, who’s a friend of mine, and Leslie, his partner, came to see the show.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2023
  • Friends of mine put their two children on the title of their house some time ago.
    Ilyce Glink and Samuel Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Penn Jillette was a good friend and has since become of mine.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2023
  • It’s written by a young writer based on an idea of mine.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
  • That song was written by a friend of mine, Dianne Reeves.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Dear Miss Manners: A friend of mine has been engaged for months.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Friends of mine have invited us over there a long time.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • And David Schweikert, good friend of mine, had the office next to me in Congress had heard about it.
    Roger Huang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • That was the main concern of mine, being at practice and hearing about the news.
    David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Because it’s always been a dream of mine to win a Grammy.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • About five or six years later, a friend of mine was at Prager’s office.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2023
  • One day, a few friends of mine who were hunters brought eight porcupines with them.
    Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • That’s always been a dream of mine — to bring a little princess into this world.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Dear Lizzy, Early on in the pandemic, a good friend of mine moved to Alaska.
    oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2023
  • It's since made its way to the top of another list of mine—my ranking of favorite cities.
    Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This series is going to be so delicious to fans of Ryan and fans of mine.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Daughter of Absent Dad Crossroads: A friend of mine went through this.
    Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The thing about those top schools (which was a goal of mine, though my mom couldn’t have cared less) is that grades are only one part of the picture.
    Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Standing, in the below video, is Brinton Smith, the section leader (and a friend of mine).
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Bringing such a pilot to life in San Diego will be a focus of mine in a second term.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024

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