henchmen

Example Sentences

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After a long, uneasy pause, Orsoni broke the silence with a chuckle and his henchmen followed suit.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

To keep up the “Hamlet” ties, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern show up, as a pair of henchmen trying to stop Scarlet, and there are cameos by Laertes and his father, Polonius.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

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

“Let us speak openly. Why have you come here tonight, surrounded by henchmen, to request a job we both know you do not want?”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling