servant

Example Sentences

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The obscure law bans a person from soliciting or receiving nonpublic information from a public servant by means of their office or employment with the intent to obtain a benefit.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

That was in keeping with the career of a public servant who had spent four decades serving both Democratic and Republican presidents.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

The commissioner said he had expressed his dismay to Permanent Secretary Joe Griffin, Scotland's most senior civil servant.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Sherlock accepts a job as a servant at Oxford, where he meets Moriarty.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Mrs. Caruthers’s favorite servant, someone who everyone, apparently, adored?

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland