MENIAL in a Sentence
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10 example sentences for MENIAL, such as:
1. She loved having his body in her charge, absolutely, to the last menial offices.
2. From his complete inattention to the tidings, you would think that moody Ahab had not heard his menial.
3. Although some exiles struggled in menial jobs in the West, they at least enjoyed the benefits of a peaceful society.
4. His long hours in the blacking factory left young Dickens numb and incurious, as if the menial labor might stultify his brain.
5. The conversation was interrupted by the arrival of a menial, who announced that a monk demanded admittance at the postern gate.
2. From his complete inattention to the tidings, you would think that moody Ahab had not heard his menial.
3. Although some exiles struggled in menial jobs in the West, they at least enjoyed the benefits of a peaceful society.
4. His long hours in the blacking factory left young Dickens numb and incurious, as if the menial labor might stultify his brain.
5. The conversation was interrupted by the arrival of a menial, who announced that a monk demanded admittance at the postern gate.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of MENIAL
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menial
a. used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
n. a domestic servant
Classic Sentence:
1 At last, having collected enough to keep life in him, he departed for Europe, and tracked his enemies from city to city, working his way in any menial capacity, but never overtaking the fugitives.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
2 The Knight had scarcely finished a hasty meal, ere his menial announced to him that five men, each leading a barbed steed, desired to speak with him.
3 The conversation was interrupted by the arrival of a menial, who announced that a monk demanded admittance at the postern gate.
4 She now did almost everything for him, and he felt more at home with her, less ashamed of accepting her menial offices, than with Connie.
5 She loved having his body in her charge, absolutely, to the last menial offices.
6 The women bore themselves like ladies and she knew they were ladies, though menial tasks were their daily lot and they didn't know where their next dress was coming from.
7 From his complete inattention to the tidings, you would think that moody Ahab had not heard his menial.
8 And bear in mind also that this monstrous disease affects not merely the idlers and their menials, its poison penetrates the whole social body.
Example Sentence:
1 Although some exiles struggled in menial jobs in the West, they at least enjoyed the benefits of a peaceful society.
2 His long hours in the blacking factory left young Dickens numb and incurious, as if the menial labor might stultify his brain.