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a group following and attending to some important person- A retinue of small boys passed, a few defiant stragglers, a light truck carried the dupes of accident and defeat.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night
- Wangombe appeared with a small retinue of followers.Gloria Whelan -- Listening for Lions
- What finer retinue could be expected for his funeral?Gaston Leroux -- The Phantom of the Opera
- There we were met by Kobie Coetsee and Niel Barnard, and a retinue of prison officials.Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
- The gentleman turned to his retinue and said calmly: "Lash me these animals to their kennels!"Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- We could not seem to dislodge them; they formed an eerie, soundless retinue in our march across the beach.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- All my retinue was that poor lad for an interpreter, whom I persuaded into my service, and, at my humble request, we had each of us a mule to ride on.Jonathan Swift -- Gulliver's Travels
- Him and his sleeping slaves he slew; then spies Where Remus, with his rich retinue, lies.Virgil -- The Aeneid
- It would never do to come before this queen without a retinue of his own, if half of what they said of her was true.George R.R. Martin -- A Dance With Dragons
- "I've traveled the world with my father's retinue since I was a boy.Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
- "What sayest thou?" he asked, while waiting for his horse and retinue.Lew Wallace -- Ben Hur
- It was ten o clock at night and neither Fulmer nor his retinue showed any signs of tiring.Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
- The head of the large retinue, who was gracious but not familiar, appeared by this time to think that he had condescended more than enough.Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
- —be arriving with his entire retinue, my Lord Nightbringer.Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
- It was natural enough: she had always suffered from faintness, and the cave had become too full, because all their retinue followed them.E.M. Forster -- A Passage to India
- Every two weeks we'll do blood work, cognitive tests, reflexes, a quick eye exam, and a rotating retinue of more exotic tests, like MRIs and such."Dave Eggers -- The Circle
- Suitable candidates shall be granted land, hereditary title, and a retinue befitting royalty in the grand tradition.Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
- Her retinue hastened after.George R.R. Martin -- A Clash of Kings
- Its master was away fighting in the retinue of his master, Lord Vance, the castle gates closed and barred in his absence.George R.R. Martin -- A Storm of Swords
- She ordered the Attolian ambassador and his retinue confined to their rooms and opened the main gates of the Hamiathes Reservoir.Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
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