civil servant

Example Sentences

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The whole saga has now cost another person their job – Sir Olly Robbins, the most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“I used to think of myself as a civil servant, providing entertainment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Lord Reid has previously attributed the four-word phrase to an unnamed senior civil servant.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

She also had served under his predecessor and was a longtime civil servant well-respected by officers and police brass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

It was deeply ingrained in the culture, and it seemed that everyone—man, woman, and child; farmer, civil servant, or doctor—played chess.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady