How to Use Minoan in a Sentence

Minoan

noun

• Minoan culture was a big influence on things that are happening in the sequel.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 Mar. 2026
• Minoan was third, 4-1/4 lengths behind the top two finishers.
  — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
• One of the societies most affected was the Minoan civilization, based on Crete.
  — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
• Cleghorn notes that many Minoan women died between the ages of twenty and twenty-five, indicating that childbearing was most likely the cause of death.
  — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
• Bronze Age Minoan women practiced far more complex reproductive health care than they are typically given credit for.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
• Still largely unfamiliar to most people are the figurines found in Petsophas and other Minoan sanctuaries.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
• Researchers believe the ship could have been transporting goods to the ancient city of Troy or to the Minoan people in Crete, per the BBC.
  — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2026
• Minoan frescoes and artifacts depict bull-leaping women, the snake goddess (associated with power, fertility, and the cycle of life), and the midwife goddess Eileithyia.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
• Here, choose to witness remnants of the Minoan civilization at the Palace of Knossos or attend a performance of traditional folkloric Cretan and Greek dances.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2025
• Her book begins with a consideration of birth practices among women from the Minoan civilization—Bronze Age inhabitants of the island of Crete, whose deities included a goddess of childbirth.
  — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
• Of its two main cities, Heraklion puts you near Knossos, the Bronze Age Minoan palace, while Chania gives easier access to the western beaches and White Mountains.
  — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
• The most catastrophic outburst of its volcano, in roughly 1600 BCE, contributed to the end of the seafaring Minoan civilization.
  — Quanta Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026