servant

Example Sentences

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“You don’t need to use them — you just need to wear them,” a civil servant says, capturing the government’s one-size-fits-all indifference.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The obscure law bans a person from soliciting or receiving nonpublic information from a public servant by means of their office or employment with the intent to obtain a benefit.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

That was in keeping with the career of a public servant who had spent four decades serving both Democratic and Republican presidents.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Powell also claimed Philip Barton, the most senior civil servant at the Foreign Office at the time, had "reservations around the appointment", according to the document.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Neatly attired, she wore the proper clothing of a house servant in the grand home of one of the city’s finest families.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis