mincing

Example Sentences

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My mini-blender has long been a quiet ally — mincing onions when my joints aren’t cooperating, blitzing together a very good chickpea salad in no time.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

Good on the Getty for not mincing visual words.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

His soft, thoughtful delivery forces the listener to take note and when he speaks he is usually very direct, rarely mincing his words.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2024

It looks wildly overregulated, with these mincing steps away from overregulation.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2024

“We want no songs about the gallant exile,” the eunuch had tittered, in that mincing voice of his.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin