bellboy

Example Sentences

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Somehow, McCarthy’s assurance makes these clichés seem new again, donning them as naturally as O’Connell’s gawky bellboy wearing an old-fashioned red cap.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

“He cut it out of the wall with a chisel. A bellboy even helped load the pieces in a truck.”

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2020

And now they stand in some hotel lobby in Turin, shouting at the proprietor while a bellboy waits, holding the elevator.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017

This was, apparently, his idea — and the bellboy, whose name tag reads “JC,” seems to be in on the plan.

From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2016

The bellboy who took them up wasn’t a boy and hadn’t a bell.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy