handmaiden

Example Sentences

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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

From the journals Metcalfe has surmised that Vivien, herself a brilliant literary scholar and teacher, had willfully lived out her marriage under Blundy’s shadow, the dutiful handmaiden to a literary eminence.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

They were joined by "handmaiden" Kaura Taylor, from Texas, who calls herself Asnat.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

Reddit’s latest and perhaps greatest financial play is to become a handmaiden to our emerging A.I. overlords.

From Slate • Dec. 27, 2024

The allegiances shifted: the handmaiden of chromatin was suddenly its queen.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee