minor miracle
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An improbable, unexpected, or surprising achievement or other occurrence that is fortunate and agreeable.
Example Sentences
- "When the vessel showed some symptoms of unsteadiness, I arose, walked gravely up to her, ranged the pilgrims around her with their shoulders to the sides, and told them to heave with might. . . . Each Maghrabi worked like an Atlas . . . and, sliding heavily through the sand, once more floated off into deep water. This was generally voted a minor miracle, and the Effendi was respected—for a day or two."
- "Last week over a CBS network Robert Ripley reunited after 40 years a mother and her long-lost son. Having accomplished this minor miracle, Ripley changed the pace of his Believe It Or Not show."
- "The engineers at AMC have wrought a minor miracle in modifying this archaic transmission so that it is merely inconvenient instead of being an outright disappointment."
- "The country's telephone service, however, is another matter. Getting a dial tone and holding a conversation free of static are minor miracles."
- "Richard Dunwoody . . . did however perform one minor miracle; managing to eat a bowl of cereal on horseback while looking at the camera and still finding his mouth with the spoon without spillage."