handmaiden
Example Sentences
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Ms. Horn takes trouble to depict Kay as an individual rather than a handmaiden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
It’s right to hope for “Sinners” to rack up a few gold men, and wise to remember that disappointment is awards season’s sackcloth-clad handmaiden.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2026
They were joined by "handmaiden" Kaura Taylor, from Texas, who calls herself Asnat.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
For more than three decades after its creation in 1913, the Fed was largely a handmaiden of the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2025
The allegiances shifted: the handmaiden of chromatin was suddenly its queen.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
