Example Sentences

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The man now in charge of Labour's economic strategy is certainly not one to have minced his words over the years.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2015

Every time I use you I have to confront the hours and hours I have lost mindlessly mincing garlic you would have minced faster and better.

From Slate • Dec. 12, 2013

Shall we have minced collops, or roast beef?

From Polly A New-Fashioned Girl by Meade, L. T.

We have minced about among solicitudes and delicacies so very long.

From In the Mountains by Arnim, Elizabeth von

If you want really to enjoy your tea, have minced veal and potatoes and rice-pudding for dinner, with several hours of excitement to follow, and take your tea late.

From The Enchanted Castle by Nesbit, E. (Edith)