How to Use the ministry in a Sentence

the ministry

noun
  • The next day, the ministry revised the figure down to 471.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The boy had a knife in his pocket at the time of his arrest, the ministry said.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Most of those killed have been women and minors, the ministry said.
    — Isabel Debre, Julia Frankel and Samy Magdy The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2023
  • One was 26 years old and the other was 35 years old, according to the ministry.
    — Rohan Mattu, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The number of deaths in the accidents also fell 23.6%, the ministry said.
    — Ng Han Guan, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Bombs fired from boats also caused dozens of deaths and injuries in Rafah, the update from the ministry said.
    — Julia Jester, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Among the deceased were 24 children and 42 women, the ministry said.
    — Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Overnight bombing killed over 400 people in Gaza, the ministry said.
    — Margherita Stancati, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Among the pottery was a broken pot and gold items glinting from within, the ministry said.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025
  • In all, the ministry said, more than 1,000 people had been killed in Lebanon since mid-September.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Vetin's father and two siblings died in the quake, the ministry said in a statement, according to Reuters.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Since the war began, the ministry has cut back sharply on the release of information.
    — David Cay Johnston, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The Hartford archdiocese said he was removed from the ministry in 2011.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 30 June 2023
  • In some cases, the ministry even paid for their construction.
    — Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • On Wednesday, 11 more were killed across Lebanon, according to the ministry and Lebanese state media.
    — Tia Goldenberg and Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
  • This part of the credit has previously been teased in less detail by the ministry.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Ten of those tanks had been destroyed in just 24 hours of fighting, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The burials included the remains of a small child and an adult, according to a statement from the ministry.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Van Brunt said the ministry confirmed the legality of the hiring.
    — Justin Scheck, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • At least five medical workers have been killed, the ministry said.
    — Ameera Harouda, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The passenger was then detained for seven days, the ministry said.
    — Shikhar Gupta / Bloomberg, TIME, 25 June 2024
  • Six patients were left in the ICU with no one to watch over them, along with three infants in incubators, the ministry said.
    — CBS News, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This adds to the death toll of 558 people the ministry reported yesterday.
    — NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The dead included over 70 people who died in two cities in the White Nile province earlier this month, the ministry said.
    — Samy Magdy The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Cindi did not intend to give everything to the ministry.
    — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Over 340 people have also been injured, per the ministry.
    — NBC News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • That number includes more than 4,000 children, the ministry said.
    — NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Another drone was shot down over the Republic of Tatarstan, the ministry statement said.
    — David Brennan, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The wounded were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the ministry said.
    — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Mayall has been ordered by the church to remain out of the ministry and away from all parish and school activities while civil authorities investigate, according to the letter.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2025

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