handmaiden

Example Sentences

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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

I recoil from abortion — don’t even like the word — and I detest the bigotry in assumptions that certain judges are misogynists or handmaidens because they don’t toe the right intellectual line.

From Washington Post

“And then to be in part the handmaiden of its demise — I don’t know how you can see that as other than tragic.”

From New York Times

"They are the handmaidens of the industry," he said.

From Salon

And this Democratic Party will be remembered for serving as the handmaiden for a tyranny that could last generations.

From Salon