All 47 Uses of
minute
in
Harry Potter (#2) and the Chamber of Secrets
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- I expect they've just been — wait a minute," said Harry, frowning.†
Chpt 2
- Dear Mr. Potter, We have received intelligence that a Hover Charm was used at your place of residence this evening at twelve minutes past nine.†
Chpt 2
- We'll be there in ten minutes ….†
Chpt 3
- Books were stacked three deep on the mantelpiece, books with titles like Charm Your Own Cheese, Enchantment in Baking, and One Minute Feasts — It's Magic!†
Chpt 3
- For a few minutes there was silence as they all read their letters.†
Chpt 4
- Five minutes later they were marching up the hill, broomsticks over their shoulders.†
Chpt 4
- Harry waited for a minute in case he came back, then, quietly as he could, slipped out of the cabinet, past the glass cases, and out of the shop door.†
Chpt 4
- We'll be able to see him in a minute …… Gilderoy Lockhart came slowly into view, seated at a table surrounded by large pictures of his own face, all winking and flashing dazzlingly white teeth at the crowd.†
Chpt 4
- Five minutes after that, they skidded to a halt in the yard so that Fred could run in for his broomstick.†
Chpt 5
- We'd be there in ten minutes and no one would be any the wiser —"†
Chpt 5
- "Percy first," said Mrs. Weasley, looking nervously at the clock overhead, which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier.†
Chpt 5
- "Let's go together, we've only got a minute," Ron said to Harry.†
Chpt 5
- A minute later, they burst out into a blaze of sunlight.†
Chpt 5
- Ten minutes later, Snape returned, and sure enough it was Professor McGonagall who accompanied him.†
Chpt 5
- Mail's due any minute — I think Gran's sending a few things I forgot.†
Chpt 6
- "It'll all be over in a few minutes —"†
Chpt 6
- I've been wanting a word — you don't mind if he's a couple of minutes late, do you, Professor Sprout?†
Chpt 6
- They squirmed, kicked, flailed their sharp little fists, and gnashed their teeth; Harry spent ten whole minutes trying to squash a particularly fat one into a pot.†
Chpt 6
- Harry and Ron stood talking about Quidditch for several minutes before Harry became aware that he was being closely watched.†
Chpt 6
- When he had handed out the test papers he returned to the front of the class and said, "You have thirty minutes — start — now!"†
Chpt 6
- They grabbed ink bottles and sprayed the class with them, shredded books and papers, tore pictures from the walls, up-ended the waste basket, grabbed bags and books and threw them out of the smashed window; within minutes, half the class was sheltering under desks and Neville was swinging from the iron chandelier in the ceiling.†
Chpt 6
- Meet you on the field in fifteen minutes.†
Chpt 7
- The first board took nearly twenty minutes to explain, but there was another board under that, and a third under that one.†
Chpt 7
- "You'll be all right in a minute — almost there —" They were within twenty feet of Hagrid's house when the front door opened, but it wasn't Hagrid who emerged.†
Chpt 7
- Answering Lockhart's fan mail … he'll be a nightmare …… Saturday afternoon seemed to melt away, and in what seemed like no time, it was five minutes to eight, and Harry was dragging his feet along the second-floor corridor to Lockhart's office.†
Chpt 7
- The minutes snailed by.†
Chpt 7
- They backed toward the door, nodding and beaming at anyone who looked at them, and a minute later were hurrying back up the passageway full of black candles.†
Chpt 8
- "It's that voice again — shut up a minute —"†
Chpt 8
- And within five minutes, the class had sunk back into its usual torpor.†
Chpt 9
- She stalked away between the lofty shelves and returned several minutes later carrying a large and moldy-looking book.†
Chpt 10
- Five minutes later, they were barricaded in Moaning Myrtle's out-oforder bathroom once again.†
Chpt 10
- So all you need to do is cause enough mayhem to keep Snape busy for five minutes or so.†
Chpt 11
- Snape was looking right at him, and the bell that rang ten minutes later could not have been more welcome.†
Chpt 11
- For several long minutes, there was a scene of such confusion that Justin was in danger of being squashed and people kept standing in Nearly Headless Nick.†
Chpt 11
- Five of their precious sixty minutes had already passed.†
Chpt 12
- Malfoy came back a minute later, holding what looked like a newspaper clipping.†
Chpt 12
- "Off you go, off you go, the bell rang five minutes ago, off to class, now," he said, shooing some of the younger students away.†
Chpt 13
- For perhaps five minutes they followed the footsteps, until Riddle stopped suddenly, his head inclined in the direction of new noises.†
Chpt 13
- The Hufflepuffs, who played in canary yellow, were standing in a huddle, having a last-minute discussion of tactics.†
Chpt 14
- They walked behind them for about twenty minutes, not speaking, listening hard for noises other than breaking twigs and rustling leaves.†
Chpt 15
- After ten noisy, rocky minutes, the trees thinned, and Harry could again see patches of sky.†
Chpt 15
- Harry got out too, and after a minute or so, Ron seemed to regain the feeling in his limbs and followed, still stiff-necked and staring.†
Chpt 15
- Ten minutes into the class, Professor McGonagall told them that their exams would start on the first of June, one week from today.†
Chpt 16
- While Ron kept watch he tugged and twisted, and at last, after several tense minutes, the paper came free.†
Chpt 16
- She'll be there in ten minutes.†
Chpt 16 *
- After a few minutes' progress up the dark tunnel, a distant sound of slowly shifting rock reached Harry's ears.†
Chpt 17
- For a minute, neither of them spoke.†
Chpt 18
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.