hostess
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In Kim Eunho’s 1927 ink and color painting on silk, “Woman Reading the Fortune of the Day,” a hostess in traditional hanbok dress whiles away her break with gaming tiles as a cigarette smolders nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The hostess working the front desk at the bar compliments my hair, which, to be honest, is in desperate need of a cut.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
Later, at a post-match reception at the home of a wealthy local white family, the team lined up to meet the hostess.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
It’s been 101 years since Virginia Woolf first published “Mrs Dalloway,” a novel about persnickety party hostess Clarissa Dalloway colliding with her former lovers, one male and one female.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
He watched a couple get ushered into the restaurant, and the hostess gestured to him and Javier, letting him know they were next.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Speak to enough hosts and hostesses, and you soon learn how the best often share a thoughtfulness for detail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
These nightclubs were frequented by activists, diplomats, politicians, air hostesses and young people.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
The complaint states that the plaintiff and other hostesses reported the incident to supervisors, who said they would investigate and provide updates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
I signed up with the agencies that Forza Italia used to hire hostesses for its rallies, which borrowed the American political term "conventions."
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
We sat at the table yawning in front of our hostesses, who were cleaning up after the party.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
