servant

Example Sentences

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A beneficiary might have to bow and scrape like a courtier, or accept treatment as a glorified servant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“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

Williams, a retired civil servant who is undergoing cancer treatment, considers her pension to be "fairly decent," but as the US cost of living has risen, she has had to dip into her savings.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 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

A servant held an umbrella aloft to keep Gupta in the shade, but the burly foreman was sweating in the sunshine.

From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins