minding

Example Sentences

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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

When nearly a quarter-billion dollars can vanish from one state program before anyone truly notices, taxpayers are justified in asking who was supposed to be minding the store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

In which case, McLaren's publicly stated aim of one of their drivers becoming world champion, and them not minding which, would be considerably easier to achieve than it is now.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

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