MINION in a Sentence

Learn MINION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for MINION, such as:

1. Why give up freedom only to become a minion for authoritarian makers and shakers?
2. In no instance, let us say, was this worthy gentleman accused of deriving personal advantage from the cooperation of his minions.

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 Meanings and Examples of MINION
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minion
 n.  loyal servant of another, usually more powerful being
Classic Sentence:
1  I take under my protection and direction the purity and security of all Her Majesty's minions; in all parts of her dominions; insist that they obey the laws of God and Man.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
2  In no instance, let us say, was this worthy gentleman accused of deriving personal advantage from the cooperation of his minions.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE
Example Sentence:
1  Why give up freedom only to become a minion for authoritarian makers and shakers?