- present participle of mind.
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
Meanwhile, the legal team minding the game in the Lakers’ huddle is running laps around the guys on the other bench.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Present everywhere, committed to nothing, minding its own business and making money from all sides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Monday saw what appears to be one of the biggest insider trades ever registered, and there’s nobody minding the store willing to find out who it was.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026
Cliff was in his seventies and still minding the tobacco barn behind the farmhouse his father had built decades earlier, checking the furnaces several times a day to make sure they stayed at 120 degrees.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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