All 45 Uses of
minute
in
Harry Potter (#1) and the Sorcerer's Stone
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- The traffic moved on and a few minutes later, Mr. Dursley arrived in the Grunnings parking lot, his mind back on drills.†
p. 3..8
- For a full minute the three of them stood and looked at the little bundle; Hagrid's shoulders shook, Professor McGonagall blinked furiously, and the twinkling light that usually shone from Dumbledore's eyes seemed to have gone out.†
p. 16..2
- After a minute of confused fighting, in which everyone got hit a lot by the Smelting stick, Uncle Vernon straightened up, gasping for breath, with Harry's letter clutched in his hand.†
p. 38..9
- I want you all back here in five minutes ready to leave.†
p. 41..6
- Ten minutes later they had wrenched their way through the boarded-up doors and were in the car, speeding toward the highway.†
p. 41..7
- The lighted dial of Dudley's watch, which was dangling over the edge of the sofa on his fat wrist, told Harry he'd be eleven in ten minutes' time.†
p. 45..4
- Five minutes to go.†
p. 45..5
- Four minutes to go.†
p. 45..6
- Three minutes to go.†
p. 45..7
- And (two minutes to go) what was that funny crunching noise?†
p. 45..8
- One minute to go and he'd be eleven.†
p. 45..8
- After a few minutes he stammered, "What does it mean, they await my owl?"†
p. 52..1
- There was a train to London in five minutes' time.†
p. 65..8
- It took almost ten minutes to get away from them all.†
p. 70..6
- "No," said Harry, feeling more stupid by the minute.†
p. 77..9
- Twenty minutes later, they left Eeylops Owl Emporium, which had been dark and full of rustling and flickering, jewel-bright eyes.†
p. 81..6
- According to the large clock over the arrivals board, he had ten minutes left to get on the train to Hogwarts and he had no idea how to do it; he was stranded in the middle of a station with a trunk he could hardly lift, a pocket full of wizard money, and a large owl.†
p. 91..7
- A minute —†
p. 96..4
- A voice echoed through the train: "We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time.†
p. 111..0
- The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school.†
p. 114..7
- "Finnigan, Seamus," the sandy-haired boy next to Harry in the line, sat on the stool for almost a whole minute before the hat declared him a Gryffindor.†
p. 120..3
- He'd be packing his bags in ten minutes.†
p. 150..4
- Madam Pomfrey mended it in about a minute.†
p. 156..9
- The minutes crept by.†
p. 157..8
- For Neville had been tugging on the sleeve of Harry's bathrobe for the last minute.†
p. 160..6
- He pulled a bag of ordinary golf balls out of his pocket and a few minutes later, he and Harry were up in the air, Wood throwing the golf balls as hard as he could in every direction for Harry to catch.†
p. 170..2
- He didn't know how he'd have gotten through all his homework without her, what with all the last-minute Quidditch practice Wood was making them do.†
p. 181..2
- Neville had been sobbing into Hagrid's jacket for the last five minutes.†
p. 191..6
- "He didn't catch it, he nearly swallowed it," Flint was still howling twenty minutes later, but it made no difference — Harry hadn't broken any rules and Lee Jordan was still happily shouting the results — Gryffindor had won by one hundred and seventy points to sixty.†
p. 191..9
- Five minutes later, Ron and Hermione joined him, shaking their heads.†
p. 199..0
- Once term had started, they were back to skimming through books for ten minutes during their breaks.†
p. 216..1
- "You know how I think they choose people for the Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for no reason at all.†
p. 223..2
- He'd done it — the game was over; it had barely lasted five minutes.†
p. 224..7
- He came back a minute later with a pile of books in his arms and slammed them down on the table.†
p. 230..6
- About ten minutes later, four broomsticks came swooping down out of the darkness.†
p. 241..3
- The minutes dragged by.†
p. 255..1 *
- It took a minute or two to pass.†
p. 256..7
- "Professor Dumbledore left ten minutes ago," she said coldly.†
p. 267..6
- See you in a minute, I hope… And Harry let go.†
p. 276..9
- After a minute's weaving about through the whirl of rainbow feathers, he noticed a large silver key that had a bent wing, as if it had already been caught and stuffed roughly into the keyhole.†
p. 280..4
- Give me a minute.†
p. 286..2
- "Just five minutes," Harry pleaded.†
p. 301..1
- But five minutes only.†
p. 301..4
- You've had nearly fifteen minutes, now OUT" she said firmly.†
p. 302..9
- I have a few last-minute points to dish out.†
p. 305..5
Definition:
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(meaning too common or rare to warrant focus) Much more commonly, minute and minutes refer to a period of time lasting 60 seconds.
Less commonly, they refer to a measurement of angle where 60 minutes make up a single degree, and where a right angle has 90 degrees and a circle has 360 degrees.