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Example sentences for "henchmen"

Lexicographically close words:
hencefoorth; henceforth; henceforward; henceforwards; henchman; hencoop; hend; hende; hendecasyllables; hending
  1. Immediately behind Anne Boleyn's litter rode a company of henchmen of the royal household, armed with gilt partisans.

  2. His knights and esquires were clothed in purple velvet, and his henchmen in scarlet tunics of the same make as those worn by the warders of the Tower at the present day.

  3. Besides these, there were pages and other attendants in the liveries of their masters, together with sergeants of the guard and henchmen in their full accoutrements.

  4. She answered in the affirmative, and the king motioned his henchmen to bring forward the steeds.

  5. The personnel is large and is made up entirely of political henchmen of the senators and congressmen.

  6. This is caused in a great measure by the large personnel employed, most of whom are the henchmen of the politicians in power in Santiago.

  7. The whole force of Tammany henchmen and canal contractors throughout the State honored us both with their enmity.

  8. Services and characteristics of the latter which led me to support him; hostility of Tammany henchmen to us both.

  9. Among the fugitives eagerly sought throughout Germany by the imperial henchmen was Brenz in Schwaebisch-Hall, the renowned theologian of Wuerttemberg, who spoke of the Interim only as "Interitus, Ruin.

  10. From beginning to end they acted as the accusers, judges, and henchmen of the Lutherans.

  11. In it he charges the Pope with sending aid to the conspirators "his henchmen the Jesuits who confessed that they were its authors and designers.

  12. He had no doubt Mr. Shei's henchmen would kill him on sight, and he could not afford to toss his life away recklessly while Helen was in danger.

  13. Mr. Shei and his henchmen seem to have a knack of walking through solid walls.

  14. The foes of Hekalu's henchmen would draw themselves into cone-shaped groups and rush the defenders, and the latter would swarm over the cones like angry and determined hornets.

  15. Apparently these henchmen of Alkebar had some object in view other than the mere destruction of the flier, for they made no move to use their weapons.

  16. Telaba worked the levers of the signaling mechanism, and a brilliant purple star visible to all his henchmen shot up over the back of his beast.

  17. The boy shrank back in terror before the fiery eyes and menacing attitude of the white girl, and then with the terror that animated him ringing plainly in his voice he screamed to his henchmen to halt.

  18. John Ringo, who was really the brains of the outlaws, and Curly Bill, who often led them, are listed by many old-timers among the henchmen in the beginning.

  19. How much the Earps knew of what their henchmen did is beyond the telling in this story.

  20. Sakurai then handed him over to Gunbei, who gave him in charge of his henchmen and bade them conduct him to his house.

  21. So he will radio down--he probably can't come himself--for henchmen to station themselves at the house and to ransack it thoroughly for anything pertaining to me.

  22. It signified that the papers had been taken by henchmen of Ku Sui, which in turn signified that Ku Sui had survived the crashing of the dome and was alive and again aggressively dangerous.

  23. Ku had merely radioed instructions for his Venusian henchmen to ransack the house, take whatever pertained to Leithgow, and wait for him?

  24. It mattered little, in the present crisis, what the various party henchmen thought or believed.

  25. And Blount knew the disappearance was real, because the ward-heeler's own henchmen were searching for him.

  26. When he rose to go out, the battle light in the gray eyes was the signal which not even his most faithful henchmen could always interpret; but it was a signal which all of them knew by sight, and one which many of them feared.

  27. They were represented by henchmen in the State assembly and senate.

  28. The henchmen led the spare charger which for some reason always formed part of the royal procession.

  29. The mayor was surrounded by his footmen and torch-bearers, and followed by two henchmen on large horses.

  30. Mac and Stewart in unison, prancing around delightedly, and for the moment Phil's delinquencies were forgotten in the tribute of praise that my worthy henchmen generously accorded the "golologist.

  31. I knew that my worthy henchmen would disdain to use any stratagem, and in consequence would surely be speared by the vengeful savages.

  32. He is an astute lawyer, and his unruly band of Socialist henchmen in the Chambers often try his patience sorely by calling a spade a spade.

  33. There is reason to believe, however, that his henchmen continually reported to him the true state of affairs and bade him bide his time.

  34. In those military days of twenty years ago Yuan Shih-kai and his henchmen were, however, concerned with simpler problems.

  35. Why, again and again these very same machine politicians take just as good care of henchmen of the opposite party as of those of their own party.

  36. But had she ever paused to compute the money value of time lost by her henchmen in dismounting to open these clumsy makeshifts?

  37. Calvin called upon his henchmen Beza to answer this "blasphemy" of one that must surely be "the chosen vessel of Satan.

  38. Luther answered the king with ridicule and the controversy was continued by Henry's henchmen More, Fisher, and others.

  39. On the one hand he was threatened by the nimble-witted man hunters of the police department, and on the other by the henchmen of the Duke.

  40. There is reason to believe, however, that his henchmen continually reported to him the true state of affairs, and bade him bide his time.

  41. Sambuc was constantly repeating, turning to his henchmen at every step he took, "Come along, will you, you snails!

  42. His henchmen may put in the plea of mitigating circumstances, but it won't go down, sir; he is evidently the first, the only cause of our misfortunes.

  43. It was at approximately this time, so far as I can determine, that Big Jake Claggett and one of his henchmen walked up to a service station where a Porsche speedster was getting gas.

  44. There is small chance that Big Jake Claggett and his three henchmen will ever be remembered for their unwitting contribution to science and the future of mankind.

  45. Samson wished that one of the henchmen would make a move toward attack.

  46. That afternoon, one of Hollman's henchmen was found lying in the road with his lifeless face in the water of the creek.


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