retainers

Example Sentences

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Having been absent for 20 years, he fears—and rightly—that he will be unrecognizable to family, retainers, and countrymen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

I’m already worried my favorite scent, Jazz Club, which sells at mainstream mall retainers, has become too well known.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025

Here is a look at where the Roys and their retainers are onstage now.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

Officials said there were "some cargo or retainers hanging from the bridge", creating unsafe and unstable conditions, and that emergency rescue teams were operating cautiously as a result.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2024

In the morning there was banging of bolts and creaking of rusty locks and several retainers in chain mail came into the dungeon.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White