minding

Example Sentences

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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

The attack against Ms MaGee happened while she was "minding her own business and reading her phone", prosecutors said.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

“A very gentlemanly exhibition,” add the peregrine, not minding that Captain Balan had spoken before her.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White