porter
Example Sentences
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On Friday, just a few dozen travellers were in the usually packed departures hall, as porters sat on empty baggage carts and soldiers kept watch at the terminal entrance.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
The sound of sandals slapping as porters jumped down from open doorways and the deep horn of departure instilled a sense of calm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
When you’d arrive, they’d unload your property bags off the bus, gave you a decent mattress, bedsheets, and a pillow case, and porters inside the cell block would bring you cleaning supplies.
From Slate • May 19, 2025
It will affect a wide range of staff including nurses, midwives, paramedics - and other workers such as porters - but not doctors whose pay is negotiated separately.
From BBC • May 16, 2025
Because I knew the B-block porters to be a tight and surly bunch, I thought I’d better let the crew know right away who was in charge.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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