Wondering how to use Menial in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as humble or lowly.
Menial in a sentence
Menial meaning
- Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
- Of or relating to unskilled work.
- Servile; low; mean.
Using Menial
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant. | Of or relating to unskilled work. | Servile; low; mean.
- Useful related words include: humble, lowly, unskilled, dogsbody.
- In the example corpus, menial often appears in combinations such as: menial jobs, menial tasks, to menial.
Context around Menial
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 12 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Menial
- In this selection, "menial" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, run, doing, replace, jobs, tasks and errands stand out and add context to how "menial" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include always did menial part time and and did menial jobs with. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "menial" sits close to words such as abdi, absa and absconding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with menial
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Chased rats and did menial jobs with. (7 words)
She always did menial, part-time jobs,” said an investigator. (10 words)
It was a fun adventure, but the stakes were menial. (10 words)
Today, farmers in the state complain they do not have enough people to pick Florida's trademark oranges, while small business owners say they are being forced to shut down because Americans don't want to do menial jobs. (39 words)
AGI - defined as artificial intelligence with human cognitive abilities, as opposed to more narrow artificial intelligence, such as the headline-grabbing ChatGPT - could free people from menial tasks and usher in a new era of creativity. (36 words)
On the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system, her family had been stuck in menial work since they were invited from Punjab in 1957 to fill in for striking sanitation workers. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
AGI - defined as artificial intelligence with human cognitive abilities, as opposed to more narrow artificial intelligence, such as the headline-grabbing ChatGPT - could free people from menial tasks and usher in a new era of creativity.
He was once a student of the sage Rylus, but he was unable to learn any real magic from him and was subjected to menial jobs instead.
I had friends to play football with and run menial errands with.
It's funny to see the former big villain reduced to menial tasks and part-time jobs, but it's necessary for Garou's character development.
It was in Germany, while doing menial jobs, that she wrote and published her debut, Beyond the Horizon.
Malik’s frustrations grew when he could not get a job with his qualification and turned to menial jobs to sustain himself.
Many times, the wealthy and comfortable ignore and disregard the presence of those who come around the house to help with the menial chores within the home.
On the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system, her family had been stuck in menial work since they were invited from Punjab in 1957 to fill in for striking sanitation workers.
She always did menial, part-time jobs,” said an investigator.
The Amarok sports the best refinement of all three, but it’s menial compared to the slightly cheaper blue-ovalled Ranger.
The monarch lamented that his subjects have suffered so much in the hands of Abakaliki people who came to the town to engage in farm work and other menial jobs for subsistence.
The truth is that robotics isn’t just a threat to replace “menial” and “dangerous” jobs either – they can theoretically replace any job.
Chased rats and did menial jobs with.
In other words, they do dangerous, sometimes menial, and usually thankless jobs many other Americans will not do, and these jobs are often done without a working wage attached.
It was a fun adventure, but the stakes were menial.
It was revealed in court that he treated her like an 'office wife' - asking her to perform menial tasks including washing his sheets and scratching his back.
Jobs you are currently working on might feel menial but someone has to do them.
Their goal is to help a group of people commonly portrayed as menial laborers and “threats to American values” set up hospitals, schools and a sense of community in a hostile environment.
They continued going through the budget reducing menial amounts from employees’ salaries.
Today, farmers in the state complain they do not have enough people to pick Florida's trademark oranges, while small business owners say they are being forced to shut down because Americans don't want to do menial jobs.
Common combinations with menial
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- menial jobs 25×
- menial tasks 9×
- to menial 6×
- in menial 6×
- menial work 5×
- do menial 5×
- doing menial 4×
- the menial 4×
- menial and 4×
- for menial 3×