Examples of mincing in a Sentence
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With their next 22 games against postseason contenders, there was no mincing words about the importance of the next few series.
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Katie Woo,
The Athletic,
19 Aug. 2024
The rental agent listened to my concerns and matched me with the Harley Heritage Softail, a thinking man’s bagger with leather panniers, weighing in at a mincing and elegant 700 pounds.
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New York Times,
27 Oct. 2021
Pioneer Natural Resources founder and CEO Scott Sheffield isn’t mincing words about a two-pronged threat pressuring independent oil and gas producers.
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Dallas News,
27 Mar. 2020
At a time when most of the artists on the island have been seduced by the market and many writers maintain a complicit silence, independent movies are not mincing words.
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Sarah Moreno,
miamiherald,
20 Mar. 2018
This teenager isn't afraid to speak out David Hogg is not mincing words.
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Editors,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2018
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Katie Woo,
The Athletic,
19 Aug. 2024
The rental agent listened to my concerns and matched me with the Harley Heritage Softail, a thinking man’s bagger with leather panniers, weighing in at a mincing and elegant 700 pounds.
—
New York Times,
27 Oct. 2021
Pioneer Natural Resources founder and CEO Scott Sheffield isn’t mincing words about a two-pronged threat pressuring independent oil and gas producers.
—
Dallas News,
27 Mar. 2020
At a time when most of the artists on the island have been seduced by the market and many writers maintain a complicit silence, independent movies are not mincing words.
—
Sarah Moreno,
miamiherald,
20 Mar. 2018
This teenager isn't afraid to speak out David Hogg is not mincing words.
—
Editors,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2018
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“Mincing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mincing. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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