ministering (to)

present participle of minister (to)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ministering (to)
Verb
  • Teams played best-of-three series in the NCAA tournament back then, and Sullivan was nursing a bad ankle that sidelined him for the first game, a BU loss.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Before the end of the third quarter, Jackson was out of the game, nursing a hamstring according to the broadcast, and Cooper Rush, the former Dallas Cowboys’ backup, finished the game.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wishing you a speedy recovery…sending you healing wishes and prayers!
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Behind them, the wildflowers bloom softly from the healing dirt of an earth that has never known a thing besides how to just keep going.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • John Tufts October is treating stargazers to something sweet ahead of Halloween — one bright supermoon and two meteor showers, the Draconids and the Orionids.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Paramedics arrived at the scene and were seen treating the victims.
    Michael Dorgan , Simon Owen, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Ministering (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ministering%20%28to%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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