minion
Example Sentences
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“Because ‘helpful minion in a power suit’ was taken, so I evolved into goblin mode,” came the reply, according to another post.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
As was the lesson of “Saltburn,” never antagonize a minion.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026
She was also a severe asthmatic, always followed by a "frightened minion carrying her asthma inhaler, as though it were a crown, or a sceptre of some sort".
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025
She added, referring to the Schlapps, “It was like you were promoting a king and a queen. … I did did not feel valued because I was just a minion to do their bidding.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023
He already felt like enough of a misfit without trying to explain his new undead minion.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing minion
"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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Metamorphosis
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