Ministrations

I have mentioned Mme. de Rivière, my niece, who, through her affection and her ministrations, is the blessing of my life. ❋ Unknown (1903)

He acted, indeed, as if he quite enjoyed it-though he was careful not to show it too ardently: he had discovered that Mrs. Polly had for so long been Miss Polly that she was inclined to retreat in a panic and dub her ministrations "silly," if they were received with too much notice and eagerness. ❋ Unknown (1914)

He acted, indeed, as if he quite enjoyed it -- though he was careful not to show it too ardently: he had discovered that Mrs. Polly had for so long been Miss Polly that she was inclined to retreat in a panic and dub her ministrations "silly," if they were received with too much notice and eagerness. ❋ Unknown (1894)

Micah designedly uses the same preface, implying that his ministrations are a continuation of his predecessor's of the same name. ❋ Unknown (1871)

Indeed, the instinct of the predators leads them by a kind of radar to children already disturbed in some way, to whom they could offer their sexual "ministrations" as a solution to their problems. ❋ Wills, Garry (2002)

It makes no difference what the doctors say, the end result of their ministrations is the creation of a zombie who doesn’t even look at all like Tony. ❋ Carlos Eire (2010)

Such "ministrations," therefore, as plant-organisms yield to animal-organisms is just the kind of ministration that the theory of natural selection requires. ❋ George John Romanes (1871)

What he brought might sometimes cause the rivers to overflow their banks and flood a village or wash out a mountain terrace, but his ministrations also brought good, the life-giving rains, to the eastern Mediterranean. ❋ James L. Kugel (2011)

And yet, under Blankfein's ministrations a once great name has been relegated to the dustbin of a different time and a different era. ❋ Raymond J. Learsy (2011)

Somehow, engaged in their healing ministrations, they no longer seemed to him boy's hands, the hands of Joan who had gazed at Gogoomy's head with pale cheeks sprayed with angry flame. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Luckily, she licked the top of his fuzzy head and began sucking on his ear, and he happily gave himself up to her ministrations. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Just a caricature from his past he tried to tell himself, but his ministrations fell on deaf ears. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We enjoyed the ministrations of their powerful hands to a background of classical music and time just stopped. ❋ Connie Lawn (2011)

But it seems that Michel does indeed come to enjoy their ministrations and so his adventures continue. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I will emphasise that my troubles are minor and I can make the "choice" to pay someone a three-figure sum for an hour of their ministrations. ❋ Unknown (2011)

A neat weapon, made even neater by the ministrations of a gunsmith friend of hers. ❋ Larry Strattner (2011)

As his wounds slowly healed over the next three months -- the expedition would not return, against all better judgment, to America -- he lay on his cot, in and out of delirium, only half aware of the gentle ministrations of his wife. ❋ Jay Kirk (2010)