henchmen

Example Sentences

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Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his henchmen aren’t about to flee to Moscow or the holy city of Najaf, Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Gunn has sarcastically tried to make the place look cheery — Luthor’s henchmen are dressed in mismatched Hawaiian shirts — but the sequence might give you the shivers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

Musk’s henchmen also raised eyebrows when they inadvertently revealed the names of some CIA hires, including those potentially placed in dangerous regions, through an unclassified email to the Trump administration last month.

From Salon • Mar. 20, 2025

Protesters labelled HTS's security forces as "Shabbiha", a term used to describe Assad's loyalist henchmen.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2024

She stopped an arm's length away and said, “I never introduced myself. Vasilisa Tsarevna, the heir to the throne of Kiev, no matter what my father’s henchmen think.”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack