It was as if they were using a service of silver and Sevres, and to have missed the graciousness of their ministrations, now that he had lived for a little while with them, would have been sorrow indeed.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
But, as the end approaches, faint signs of consciousness appear about the mouth and eyes, and the patient and loving ministrations of those about him nurse the flickering vital spark into a flame.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Ah, how softly Dil took them in her hands, how tender and loving were her ministrations.
"In Wild Rose Time"
Amanda M. Douglas