handmaiden

Example Sentences

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They were joined by "handmaiden" Kaura Taylor, from Texas, who calls herself Asnat.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

Sophia, the nurse, and Jacobo, the apprentice, and her handmaiden, Amelia.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

After all, feeling hopeful is purpose's handmaiden, an involuntary mental state, like love or joy, that softens reality's sharp edges.

From Salon • May 30, 2021

And two new characters—a daffy handmaiden played by Nasim Pedrad and a dopey suitor played by Billy Magnussen—play to those veteran comic actors’ impish strengths.

From Slate • May 23, 2019

The allegiances shifted: the handmaiden of chromatin was suddenly its queen.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee