butler

Example Sentences

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“I kind of think of myself as the butler of downtown,” said Hal Bastian, 65, who has lived in the neighborhood for three decades and is known to many as “Mr. Downtown L.A.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 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

The idea of having a friendly robot butler that can do all the dull duties of running a home has existed for decades.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

Getting human-shaped robots into warehouses or industrial sites to move boxes is one thing, he said; building a robot butler is beyond the industry’s current capabilities, with current robots too unreliable to perform complex tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

“An island thousands of miles off, where they make wine—the butler did tell me—”

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë