handmaiden

Example Sentences

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“If the court becomes a handmaiden to AILA, all of a sudden the court’s interests become not the interests of the American people, it becomes protecting the interests of foreign nationals in the United States.”

From Washington Times

If they can oust the alpha female and her handmaidens, they can move into their place — and afterward sort out which among them will become the new fecund queen.

From New York Times

“And they’re going to make it hard for you to refuse to watch their performance because all their media handmaidens have signed on to provide live coverage,” Mr. Goodwin noted.

From Washington Times

Slamming a woman’s mental state has always been a quick and easy way to gaslight them — “Oh, she’s crazy,” “she’s so unstable” — “medicine” as a misogynist’s handmaiden.

From Washington Post

But that meager concession was made during a different era, when the group and its political handmaidens still feared public backlash.

From New York Times