servant

[ˈsɜːrvənt]

Definition:
1. A person working in the service of another (especially in the household).
2. In a subordinate position.

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Use 'servant' in a sentence:

1. Dozens of servants had catered to his every whim.
2. They treat their mother like a servant.
3. The civil servant nudged him forward.
4. His younger brother became his servant, never leaving him alone for years.
5. A servant took her upstairs.
6. The woman said to the servant: "Just go down into the cellar and see where Elsie is."
7. There were plenty of servants to wait on her.
8. The civil servant's expression, however, did not change, not so much as by a flicker.
9. The fifth servant, however, crept into the stove to hear if the doctor knew still more.
10. Daniel arrived in Maryland as an indentured servant.
11. He wanted nothing for himself but to be the humble servant of his country.
12. He waved the servants out of the tent.
13. The entire suspicion fell upon the servant.
14. Your obedient servant, Susan Sowerby.
15. "What does your father do?"—"Well, he's a civil servant."
16. African-Americans were often typecast as servants, entertainers or criminals.
17. They sent away the servant, and made me sit down.
18. "I'm Mrs. Medlock's servant," she said stoutly.
19. He is a civil servant, with a bachelor's degree.
20. "You are a strange servant," she said from her pillows, rather haughtily.
21. Are you going to be my servant?
22. They've been spoon-fed, provided with a house, servants, bank balance.
23. At that moment a servant entered with the breakfast.
24. The servant stood by and listened.
25. The servant accepted his dismissal without any complaint.
26. You shall go with the servant to go find them.
27. This is my servant--set him free!
28. Jackie disdained the servants that her millions could buy.
29. The mayor, however, said, "'But my servant must go first."
30. The servant was greatly frightened, and said, "It may perhaps be only a cat or a dog."
31. She kept the servant because of his good conduct/ behaviour.
32. A servant who served the family faithfully for 10 years stayed with them.
33. The minister warned that any civil servant not at his desk faced immediate suspension.
34. This servant was equally alarmed, and he got out as fast as he could.
35. Public scrutiny had brought civil servants out from the backroom and into the spotlight.
36. Abraham makes his servant put his hand under his thigh while swearing to God.
37. He was a loyal, distinguished and very competent civil servant.
38. "It is certainly hard," said the shadow, "for he was a faithful servant!"
39. A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud.
40. She couldn't lift a spoon without a servant anticipating her wants and getting it for her.
41. She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs.
42. Hundreds of junior civil servants have to be put up in hotel rooms and temporary hostels.
43. Junior and middle-ranking civil servants have pledged to join the indefinite strike.
44. Like any other public servants, police must respond to public demand.
45. He's a local government administrator, that is to say a civil servant.
46. His work as a civil servant was a cover for his activities as a spy.
47. The government has decided to increase salaries for all civil servants.
48. The police are the only civil servants who have to swear allegiance to the Crown.
49. You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory.
50. He said that public servants should use government to serve and not to cash in.
51. Last year, a civil servant was imprisoned for leaking a document to the press.
52. The question is whether technology is going to be our servant or our master.
53. My behavior as an international civil servant must be beyond reproach.
54. Servants are now almost extinct in modern society.