handmaiden

Example Sentences

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But Republicans and their handmaidens in the "both sides"-obsessed press kept relying on shoddier polls that used ambiguous or misleading language to exaggerate the opposition to abortion.

From Salon

Kennedy’s COVID-19 claim — and the others in which he used antisemitic observations to advance his world view — reflect a long history in which anti-science claims and antisemitism have been handmaidens.

From Los Angeles Times

But the Dominion lawsuit showed clearly that Carlson is the handmaiden of the fascist movement, not its leader.

From Salon

The assumption is that McCarthy is a reluctant handmaiden to the far right, a man boxed in by the outsized power the worst actors have in his slim majority.

From Salon

Set around the turn of this century, “From Scratch” has the luxury of its pre-dystopian setting, before cellphones and texting — the handmaiden of sex but the enemy of romance.

From Los Angeles Times