for a minute
Example Sentences
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Parton "detoured the whole entourage to come around over there to where we were and then she knelt down to talk to Heather for a minute".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Burnham expressed his disbelief that the fifth-largest economy in the world cannot "get our own people off the streets", writing in The Guardian: "I don't believe it for a minute".
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
I’ve done it for years, but always in these short bursts for a minute or two on “Office Hours” or Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He listened to Moss for a minute or two and handed the phone back to Boyd.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
I stood frozen for a minute and I almost ran back just as fast as I had come, but the door unlatched and someone came out, hobbling bent over a stick.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
