henchman

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Recent Examples of henchman Before her family arrives, Bree tries to shoot Grady, but once Grady’s henchman captures Diller, she’s forced to make a choice: drop the gun or watch her son die. Keith Langston, People.com, 21 June 2025 In a moment of sly genius, Duke gained entry by concealing himself as one of Lyle’s ghostly henchmen using a rubber band and a piece of white tissue as his disguise. Hazlitt, 18 June 2025 In the process, Eve sees a scar on a dead henchman’s wrist that reminds her of one of her father’s killers, and—dumping the limb, severed, on the Director’s desk—demands information. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 June 2025 Naomi is alongside Ann Dowd’s Aunt Lydia as two henchmen throw Janine to the ground like a pile of trash. Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for henchman
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Noun
  • Donald Trump is desperate to distract his followers from a scandal of his own making, pulling out all the stops to try to get MAGA minions to talk and think about something else — anything else.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2025
  • Daigo's minions will be making an appearance in Lego Fortnite Odyssey now that the Spires are activated, so players will have to watch out for that while working on their villages.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • For weeks, Trump's disciples have ratcheted up attacks on Powell as the Fed holds interest rates steady amid uncertainty tied to the president's contentious tariff plan.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 July 2025
  • After the MacArthur Park action, Trump’s disciples proclaimed victory.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • The victim was a 20-year-old American soldier stationed in West Germany, Edward Pimental, for whom the group set a murderous honeytrap.
    Katja Hoyer, semafor.com, 19 July 2025
  • The film follow three parallel stories—land, sea and air—as Allied soldiers (led by Fionn Whitehead), a civilian boat captain (Mark Rylance) and an RAF pilot (Tom Hardy) each play their part in the daring evacuation from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940 during World War II.
    Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025

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“Henchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/henchman. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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