In a sentence
Six example sentences with minor, each labelled with its topic.
A minor scheduling change moved the tip-off by fifteen minutes, and almost nobody in the arena noticed the difference.
Basketball
The dent was a minor flaw next to the cracked mount, so the shop fixed the serious problem first.
Photography
He held a minor post at court, handling the stable accounts while the great offices went to older families.
History
The cut needed only a minor procedure, three stitches under local anesthetic, and she went home the same afternoon.
Medicine
It was a minor release, two bug fixes and a new icon, so nobody expected the servers to fall over.
Technology
A minor character in the first book, the gardener becomes the narrator of the third and steals it.
Literature
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