amanuensis

Example Sentences

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Anthony never married, and she considered herself to some degree Stanton’s amanuensis, confiding to an intimate that she felt that her best work had been “making the way clear” for her friend.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Dazzled by Kubrick, Vitali largely lost interest in acting and instead became Kubrick’s amanuensis, performing unsung tasks on The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut.

From The Guardian • Dec. 27, 2018

Despite, or perhaps because of, her privileged role as the headmistress’s amanuensis, Jane is one of the most vociferous voices of dissent against the practice of self-erasure in the name of necromancy.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2018

Mr. Craft spent nearly a quarter-century as Stravinsky’s amanuensis, rehearsal conductor, musical adviser, globe-trotting traveling companion and surrogate son.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2015

So Corinthians was almost on her way to becoming an amanuensis after all.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison