"Minute" Example Sentences
1. I'll be back in a minute.
2. It only took a minute to find the book I needed.
3. The meeting lasted nearly an hour and a half, or ninety minutes.
4. The train departs at five minutes past midnight.
5. The teacher spent a few minutes reviewing the problems.
6. I spoke with my boss for about fifteen minutes.
7. She ran the last two minutes of the mile race.
8. The video is only three minutes long.
9. The recipe calls for simmering the sauce for ten to fifteen minutes.
10. The doctor kept me waiting thirty minutes past my appointment time.
11. She worked for hours without a minute's pause.
12. They watched the ball drop in New York City's Times Square at the stroke of midnight on New Year's minute.
13. The class was orderly, except for a couple minutes of noise just before dismissal.
14. The audition was only supposed to last three minutes but I went on for nearly ten.
15. I need just a minute to finish getting ready.
16. He carefully read each question and considered his answer for several minutes before writing it down.
17. The meeting went long, lasting nearly an hour and a half instead of the scheduled half hour.
18. The teacher allowed the students a five minute break midway through the class period.
19. The coach gave the team a pep talk that lasted for about ten minutes before they headed onto the field.
20. At six minutes before the hour, it will be fifteen minutes after.
21. The music lasted a full minute after the dancers exited the stage.
22. The competitors had only seconds, literally minutes, to react or they would drown.
23. The employees were given only five minutes to fill out the survey.
24. The witness stood for over an hour being questioned minute by minute about his alibi.
25. The school bus arrived two minutes late.
26. We sat in silence for several long minutes.
27. In a minute or two I'll need your help moving these boxes.
28. The documentary was nearly two hours long, over one hundred and twenty minutes of content.
29. The gardener took pains to prune each plant carefully, spending minutes on each one.
30. They waited for what seemed like an eternity but was actually only a matter of minutes.
31. The plane landed several minutes early.
32. The students quietly worked on assignments for the next thirty minutes while the teacher graded papers.
33. The crowd fell silent as the ceremony began, honoring the eleven who perished one fateful minute a decade prior.
34. The reports are due by five o'clock, in just over five minutes.
35. The class took a ten minute break halfway through the lecture.
36. The treatment requires three minutes under the UV lamp every day.
37. I'll meet you outside in five minutes.
38. The dessert course lasted nearly a full hour, much to the diners' delight.
39. The athlete ran a mile in under four and a half minutes.
40. The team worked feverishly, against the clock, to complete the project in under thirty minutes.
41. They timed each lap to the nearest tenth of a minute.
42. The sand in the hourglass ran out, marking one full minute.
43. Wait just one minute while I find the keys.
44. The commercial ran for exactly thirty seconds, or half a minute.
45. The sprinter ran the 100 meter dash in just over ten minutes.
46. The baby cried for nearly twenty minutes before finally falling asleep.
47. Run the test for at least ten minutes to ensure proper operation.
48. Each contestant was given one minute to answer as many questions as possible.
49. We'll meet back here in fifteen minutes.
50. The filmmaker shot hours of footage which he condensed into a ninety minute movie.
Common Phases
1. By the
minute - Measured or calculated based on
minutes.
2. Every
minute/Each
minute - Occurring or happening each
minute.
3. In a matter of
minutes - Within only a few
minutes.
4. In
minute detail - With an extremely high level of detail.
5.
Minute by
minute - Describing a progression of events that happened very close together in time.
6.
Minute changes - Very small or subtle changes.
7.
Minute differences - Very small or slight differences.
8.
Minute variations - Very minor variations.
9. Second by second,
minute by
minute - Describing a progression of events that happened in very short, precise intervals of time.
10. Take
minutes - To write notes summarizing the key points of a meeting for record keeping purposes.