Sentence examples for by servant from inspiring English sources

At first the family lived in England but Marietta swiftly grew bored with provincial life so when Penelope was a child her father moved the entire house - 'Brick by brick?' 'No,' she replies, with a twinkle, 'servant by servant: the butler, the maid, the cook and the chauffeur' - to New York.

Elegant multistory homes are tended by servants.

"Her kids were raised by servants.

The family lived the lives of country gentry, surrounded by servants and estate workers.

Well, all children arc fascinated by servants' talk, and I don't mean to be condescending.

He was cared for by servants and protected by armed guards.

It was lined up on a side table and offered by servants, already filled.

My mother had grown up in England with impossibly high housekeeping standards maintained by servants.

It was the Edwardian era of languorous travel by rail and rickshaw, croquet clubs, and afternoon teas attended by servants.

In the Victorian era, kitchens were banished to the basement and run by servants or lower-class women.

Cersei's is a gilded palanquin carried by servants; Tyrion's is a crate with scuzzy air holes.