butler

Example Sentences

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The broker opens the door, and there’s a butler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

"We arrange everything for them: flowers, candles, photographer, dinner with a private butler," said Melanie Tessier, its guest relations manager.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

There, recent findings show, the enslaved cook and butler lived, and other slaves waited for orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

I can’t remember what I expected to glimpse on a Zoom call with an Oscar-winning film director — gold door handles, perhaps, a butler at the very least?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Kuda tossed his chicken bones onto the floor, which sent the butler and maid robots scurrying to retrieve them.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer