napery

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Servers, dressed of their own choosing but almost uniformly in black, moved swiftly, surely, with one hand held behind their backs; fresh cutlery materialized resting atop snowy napery on a little silver tray.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2023

Faultless napery, preferably white—naked tabletops have no place in any restaurant aspiring to loveliness.

From Architectural Digest • Apr. 6, 2015

Mike Price, the chef, and his partner, Joe Campanaro, who also own Market Table, have opted for refinement, accepting reservations and using cloth napery.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2014

The wives, in the score's most delicious, feather-light music, plot their duping in a smart hotel dining room: stiff napery, chandeliers and synchronised tureens.

From The Guardian • May 19, 2012

Oh, yes, and by the snowy whiteness of the napery, too.

From Of All Things by Benchley, Robert C.