scrivener

Example Sentences

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Instead, he decided to take the test to become a judicial scrivener, a job similar to being a paralegal that has a 3 percent acceptance rate.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2021

In "Minor Feelings," Hong firmly rejects the idea of having the authority to act as a scrivener or "spokesperson" for any racial identity.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2020

“With submission, what word, sir,” asked Turkey, respectfully crowding himself into the contracted space behind the screen, and by so doing, making me jostle the scrivener.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2015

I can relate to Melville’s Bartleby the scrivener: I frequently prefer not to.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2014

Ki-Chan is of Tartaro-Mantchou origin; he commenced his career as a scrivener in one of the six grand tribunals of Peking. 

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis