Example Sentences

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Among them are nuns in the U.S. who have ministered empathetically to LGBTQ+ Catholics, and took note when the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence made news last month.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

Although chaplains have ministered to Ukraine’s armed forces for years, they worked as embedded civilians rather than as officers.

From Washington Times • Apr. 1, 2023

I have never experienced losing everything, but I have ministered to people who have.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2017

As a pastor with more than a half-century of experience of working with fallible people, I have ministered to a few men who have experienced moral collapse.

From Time • Jul. 5, 2016

I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel: yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland