maid

Example Sentences

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Tanaka herself delightfully portrays the slightly dim family maid the “kids” enlist for their scheme.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

All that survived intact of the family’s former treasures were the netsuke, which were smuggled out of the family’s mansion by a loyal maid and returned to the family after the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Beetz stars as Asia, a young woman who turns up on the stoop of a high-end Manhattan apartment building, the Virgil, answering an ad for a maid job.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

How much should I actually be helping plan a bachelorette party when I’m a bridesmaid — not the maid of honor?

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

“But then, to be an old maid at last, like Miss Bates!”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen