minding

Example Sentences

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A related worry is that all this minding the social consequences of our choices can lead to virtue signaling.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Present everywhere, committed to nothing, minding its own business and making money from all sides.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Fifty years ago, Rick Monday was minding his own business, tending to center field for the Chicago Cubs in a game at Dodger Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

Who knows if they’ll be minding the store at all?

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

Gone was the bland acceptance of people minding their own business, replaced by a visible, angry resentment that became gossip, and taunts and name-calling in the school yard.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago