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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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