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

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

Finally I recognized a mailbox held aloft by a metal butler that, despite his straight back and snooty expression, appeared to be crying tears of rust.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs