hostess

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

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

The 72-year-old said he had been hugely surprised to have his directorial debut, which stars his daughter Ella Bleu as an air hostess, accepted at the world's most prestigious film festival.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

The hostess regarded him first with disgust—then with fury—then with astonishment—then, finally, with abashment.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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 plaintiff and other hostesses never heard about the progress of the investigation but found out from another restaurant employee that Marcus had been “quietly terminated” in early 2022, according to the lawsuit.

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

Headed for bed, she added, “Happy landings, as the hostesses say! Certainly wish you all had been with me.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield