retainers
Example Sentences
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He lives in a drafty timber hall with a beaten-earth floor, surrounded by his family and armed retainers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
I’m already worried my favorite scent, Jazz Club, which sells at mainstream mall retainers, has become too well known.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Officials said there were "some cargo or retainers hanging from the bridge", creating unsafe and unstable conditions, and that emergency rescue teams were operating cautiously as a result.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024
And the actors could find midnight-zone depths even when the siblings and their retainers were at their shallowest.
From New York Times ● May 28, 2023
In the morning there was banging of bolts and creaking of rusty locks and several retainers in chain mail came into the dungeon.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
