All 46 Uses of
minute
in
Dark Witch
- But I shouldn't have announced it like the minutes of the next meeting.
p. 224..1 (definition 1)minutes = formal notes (from a meeting)
- If we took minutes.
p. 224..1 (definition 1) *
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- I thought he was a bear for a minute when he came bursting through the woods.†
p. 44..1 (definition 2)
- The castle's just awesome, and I'm going to enjoy every minute I'm here, but I'm already looking forward to moving in with Branna—and Connor.†
p. 52..9 (definition 2)
- Within twenty minutes, with the lights on, the tea tray still on the bed beside her, she'd dropped back into sleep.†
p. 53..8 (definition 2)
- The minute she turned into the clearing, saw the building, the nerves dropped away.†
p. 67..1 (definition 2)
- "Be sure you will if you're here above five minutes."†
p. 69..3 (definition 2)
- It would only take a minute, just to look.†
p. 86..7 (definition 2)
- In fact, I had a couple minutes of ….†
p. 88..5 (definition 2)
- Wait a minute.†
p. 89..6 (definition 2)
- I'll be five minutes," she said.†
p. 94..4 (definition 2)
- A half dozen patrons hailed Connor the minute he stepped in the door.†
p. 97..6 (definition 2)
- Iona calculated she met more people in ten minutes within feet of the bar than she normally did in a month.†
p. 98..2 (definition 2)
- Better you ring Branna, but I'm just minutes away if it comes to that."†
p. 111..7 (definition 2)
- "They asked for ninety minutes, so you'll see more than yesterday."†
p. 113..6 (definition 2)
- The first minute I saw him, I just …. whew.†
p. 114..3 (definition 2)
- "It'll only sting for a minute.†
p. 120..9 (definition 2)
- We've a new student due in a few minutes.†
p. 137..7 (definition 2)
- It's thirty minutes today, the lesson.†
p. 138..0 (definition 2)
- The minute they were inside, Iona's teeth began to chatter.†
p. 147..2 (definition 2)
- "Give her a few minutes to settle into it, but don't gorge on the biscuits.†
p. 162..4 (definition 2)
- Even without any magick to it, the horse was hers the minute they set eyes on each other.†
p. 170..2 (definition 2)
- Five minutes, five years—how does that change what you know?†
p. 178..7 (definition 2)
- Breathe a minute.†
p. 193..2 (definition 2)
- Go sit on the bench there for a minute or two.†
p. 194..3 (definition 2)
- "One minute we're riding along, easy as you please, and I'm thinking, well then, we'll have dinner and see how that goes.†
p. 197..6 (definition 2)
- I forgot about all that for a minute.†
p. 203..6 (definition 2)
- If Iona didn't walk in the door within another ten minutes, she'd— "At last," she muttered when she heard the front door open.†
p. 204..2 (definition 2)
- Striding out, half a lecture already in mind, she stopped both her forward progress and her nagging words the minute she saw both of them.†
p. 204..3 (definition 2)
- I don't think it was more than a couple minutes."†
p. 205..7 (definition 2)
- It's early, and she'll be less cranky with another fifteen minutes' sleep."†
p. 230..8 (definition 2)
- "Let's backtrack a minute.†
p. 242..0 (definition 2)
- I knew the minute I saw him.†
p. 243..2 (definition 2)
- "I'm telling you, she's pushed herself into my mind, my life, my bed so I've barely a minute to myself.†
p. 250..2 (definition 2)
- "Well now, here's a mood that's come on in under twenty minutes.†
p. 253..1 (definition 2)
- Like the world was going to end any minute and you had to have each other first.†
p. 260..1 (definition 2)
- "Well now, wait a minute there, we need to talk about— " "We don't."†
p. 267..3 (definition 2)
- I mean right this minute.†
p. 274..6 (definition 2) *
- No, not this minute.†
p. 276..3 (definition 2)
- Will they get me in the door, for a minute or two?†
p. 284..0 (definition 2)
- Likely not, no. I wonder if you have a minute to take a look at our Spud.†
p. 294..8 (definition 2)
- Timed this first part, for thirty minutes.†
p. 299..3 (definition 2)
- Can I talk to you a minute?†
p. 317..3 (definition 2)
- He would take each minute, make it precious.†
p. 318..8 (definition 2)
- She found herself clutching at the bed covers one minute, going limp as water the next.†
p. 319..9 (definition 2)
- It was yes the minute you asked.†
p. 341..2 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (minutes as in: keep the minutes) a written record of what happened at a meeting
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(2) (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.