Example Sentences

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Hisham Atar and his wife, Shahnaz, own farms and factories, a house in Lahore and a country estate, along with an apartment in London where—to their servants’ amazement—they cook for themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Last year Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also rejected civil servants' demands for a four-day working week.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

His servants’ uniforms are fancier than those of his neighbors.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

In a matter of mere weeks, Elon Musk replaced civil servants’ pride with existential dread, and then compounded the malice by hobbling the ability of terminated workers to leverage their prior public service experience.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

On the south end of the garden, in the shadows of a loquat tree, was the servants’ home, a modest little mud hut where Has- san lived with his father.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini