retainers

Example Sentences

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Having been absent for 20 years, he fears—and rightly—that he will be unrecognizable to family, retainers, and countrymen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

I updated her about retainers secured, projects completed, invoices sent out.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

Neither are hopeful of getting their retainers or their money back.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023

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

All those who had stood closest to her husband had gone with her when she fled: Jon's maester, his steward, the captain of his guard, his knights and retainers.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin