amanuensis

Example Sentences

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The Jacksons had grown weary of the Motown factory system — the strict control of songwriting, production and other aspects of art and commerce exercised by Gordy and his amanuenses.

From Los Angeles Times

She became some combination of girlfriend, therapist, amanuensis, prosecutor, and priest.

From The New Yorker

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

Also on the way out, as reported, are words I thought were still relatively well understood, among them defenestrate, caterwaul, crapulence, amanuensis, pettifogging, trollop, vamoose, lickspittle and conk.

From The Guardian

When Plath wasn’t banging on about Hughes’s virility, “his health and hugeness,” she waxed ecstatic about the pleasures of “domesticalia” and of serving as Hughes’s amanuensis and literary agent.

From New York Times