maidservant

Example Sentences

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Like a scene from “Game of Thrones,” the Rubens shows a grinning maidservant pulling the tongue out from St. John the Baptist’s freshly severed head as she presents it on a platter to Salome.

From New York Times

Around the time she painted “Lucretia,” she rendered a riveting scene in which Judith and Abra, her maidservant, hurriedly stuff the severed head of grizzled Gen. Holofernes into a bag, anxious about discovery.

From Los Angeles Times

Without a maidservant to dress me, I wear a uniform of tracksuit bottoms, T-shirts and hoodies.

From The Guardian

The experiences of Aparicio’s maidservant character Cleo do not take her on anything as explicit as a personal “journey”, but something more mysterious and internalised.

From The Guardian

Relating the story of a young maidservant’s relationship with her employer, the book scandalised readers when it was first published.

From The Guardian