How to Use assistant in a Sentence

assistant

noun
  • Stumps of legs were all that was left of a church assistant.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Once the singer was set on the carpet, her assistant handed her a sword to pose with.
    Maggie Clancy, WWD, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Jack Herum returns for his fifth season with the Bucks as an assistant in the video room.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2023
  • Those staffers are in addition to the 10 full-time assistants.
    Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
  • King has been hired by the Chicago Bears as an assistant working with the running backs.
    Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Elsewhere on the plane, Jess, Kendall’s assistant, has acquired an early draft of the kill list.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Hazel is in the other room with Monét’s assistant, giggling along to music videos.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Da Vinci had plenty of assistants that worked with him on his stuff.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • Williams hired Young the following season as Willie Green was the lead assistant.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Check out this massive list of terms that can trigger your smart assistants.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • Green is now in his second season as an assistant at Iowa State.
    Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, everyone who worked on the film, from the production assistants to the director to the leading star, was paid the same rate on set.
    Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Pinkett Smith then secretly called her assistant to book her a flight to L.A. the next morning.
    Michaela Zee, Variety, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The schedule hit a snag when one patient bailed at the last minute, leading Wilson’s camera assistant to ask a friend down the street to come in for a reading.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • My assistant, Brittany Horn, actually did the art of the tarot cards.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Tanya became aware of the plan thanks to her assistant, Portia (Haley Lu Richardson), who tipped her off.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The Amazon Astro can be your in-law’s new house pet and personal assistant.
    Micaela Arnett, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Horn was also an assistant at both Marquette and Texas.
    Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Sarah Williams, who lives in Kenosha, Wis., is an executive assistant and a new mom.
    Melissa Rohman, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Her tennis shoes, freshly cleaned by a clubhouse assistant, were ready to go.
    Sally H. Jacobs, Town & Country, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Women can be the flirty voice of your AI assistant, but not the metaphorical voice for the AI industry.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Standing nearby is one of many assistants, ready with a water hose.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Her last 17 seasons were spent with Paye, a former team captain, as an assistant.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Then Starr’s personal assistant came up with the idea to combine Starr’s drums and fashion sense into one book project.
    Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Woody and wife Laura Louie — his former assistant — got married on an island in Maui in 2008.
    Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Holtz has been hired as a special assistant to interim head coach David Braun but will only serve in the role for a few months, the reports stated.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Cox talked to the assistant to the vice president, who said the vice president of student affairs asked her to call the printing company and make a change, the suit said.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • His team member, whom The Tennessean describes as a production assistant, joins them and the three proceed to talk, though the video does not capture sound.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The pair have known each other for over a decade, with Preston starting off as Tyler's personal assistant in 2012.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Blackstone’s mom, Gay, served as her dad’s assistant on the road and was the lucky sap who got sawed in half when her husband wasn’t making handkerchiefs dance and animals disappear.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024

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