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

I updated her about retainers secured, projects completed, invoices sent out.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2025

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

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2024

Their own retainers made a busy sight with houseboys mixing bowls of water and wine, or sopping water up in sponges, wiping tables to be placed about in hall, or butchering whole carcasses for roasting.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer