hostess

Example Sentences

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People still react to it — this past summer, at the request of the hostess, I played the song with my dB’s rhythm section bandmates at a soundcheck for a book release party in Chapel Hill.

From New York Times

She moved to New York and worked in several jobs, including television production assistant and hostess at the Playboy Club in Manhattan, while taking acting classes.

From Washington Post

“I was barmaid, doorman, bathroom attendant, hostess — and I also put on the records. It was the first ever discothèque,” she claimed decades later, “and I was the first ever club disc jockey.”

From Washington Post

But it was also the official swan song for Embassy Row’s premier hostess: After 21 years, Kuwaiti Ambassador Salem Al-Sabah is retiring, and the couple will become private citizens.

From Washington Post

The quintessential Southern hostess is Sharon, who is truly the last of her kind.

From Salon