Lackey is an English word with synonyms like flunky or servant. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Lackey meaning
- A footman, a liveried male servant.
- A fawning, servile follower.
Using Lackey
- The main meaning on this page is: A footman, a liveried male servant. | A fawning, servile follower.
- Useful related words include: flunky, flunkey, servant, retainer.
- In the example corpus, lackey often appears in combinations such as: lackey is, lackey who, the lackey.
Context around Lackey
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lackey
- In this selection, "lackey" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stephanie, employees, fawning, nicknamed, overcame and mike stand out and add context to how "lackey" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a fawning lackey and at every lackey or brother. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lackey" sits close to words such as abakaliki, abbasi and abductors, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lackey
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Transportation to Lackey is not provided. (6 words)
Even Kohga himself looks upset after this happens, implying his lackey's death. (13 words)
She has gone from Joker’s lackey to her own full fledged anti-hero. (14 words)
Action proceeded to a roof, where Calaway summoned flames as choral music kicked in. He punched his way through all three Club members, Tombstoning a lackey after throwing the other off the roof to make it one-on-one again. (40 words)
Yet here they are, as portrayed by sympathetic journalists in this laughable book, cavilling at every lackey or brother or newspaper who failed to deliver due deference or give them the esteem and status they feel they deserved. (38 words)
Mr Greaney, who pointed out that Barry had the same bag in his possession when he was arrested on August 24, suggested that was an example of Witham being Barry's "lackey" who "did his bidding". (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Mr Greaney, who pointed out that Barry had the same bag in his possession when he was arrested on August 24, suggested that was an example of Witham being Barry's "lackey" who "did his bidding".
Outgoing board members, Stephanie Lackey and Pat Messick were recognized for their years of service.
Transportation to Lackey is not provided.
And some Democrats expressed frustration that her campaign hadn’t stuck with populist messaging that Mr. Trump was a lackey for big business.
He’s got so much potential and they’re just starting to move him away from being Gunther’s lackey.
Last year, CCS Early Learning was paying teacher aides with two years on the job about $16 an hour, while Target was offering more than $17 to entry-level employees, Lackey said.
Shibata seems primed to be the next challenger to Jericho and the FTW Title and beating up the lackey is a tried and true way to go.
They’re filmed in front of a live audience, and judged by Davies, while Horne, the show’s mastermind, is his lackey – nicknamed “little ” – who sits on a slightly smaller chair next to him.
Action proceeded to a roof, where Calaway summoned flames as choral music kicked in. He punched his way through all three Club members, Tombstoning a lackey after throwing the other off the roof to make it one-on-one again.
Even Kohga himself looks upset after this happens, implying his lackey's death.
Greycrow -- who previously murdered Empath when he used his powers to mess with him -- tries to cut the boy in half first, but Empath's emotional control quickly turns Greycrow into a fawning lackey.
Lackey overcame major challenges in 2019 and during the course of her 4-H experience.
Lanie Lackey also threw well on Saturday and was the tough-luck loser in a 4-1 loss to Brookstone in a game that was tied headed to the seventh inning.
She has gone from Joker’s lackey to her own full fledged anti-hero.
The inspector, Gary Lackey, who agreed to step aside, said he was concerned that the company seemed unwilling to spend the money necessary to improve safety beyond what was minimally required.
Trump’s lackey, Mike Pompeo, backs the president’s claim that Covid-19 is — sorry, I meant to say William Barr — to against state governors for their efforts to curb the virus.
Yet here they are, as portrayed by sympathetic journalists in this laughable book, cavilling at every lackey or brother or newspaper who failed to deliver due deference or give them the esteem and status they feel they deserved.
Lackey’s favorite piece of advice from Coach Rey is, “pro baseball players get paid millions to perform and they’re not even perfect.
Perriello estimates about 65 percent of Lackey’s current seniors have been with her since they were in sixth grade.
Peter’s lackey actually plans to kill Shiloh, but it looks like that plan will go awry.
Common combinations with lackey
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lackey is 3×
- lackey who 2×
- the lackey 2×
- lackey to 2×
- trump lackey 2×
- lackey of 2×
- lackey was 2×