janitor

Example Sentences

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“I’m crying,” said Nidia Perez, a grandmother and school janitor who caught the game in a plaza in Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The son of parents who fled Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s, Tiafoe used to sleep on the floor at a plush Maryland tennis centre where his father was a janitor.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Charley finds direction when a neighborhood janitor invites him into a pickup game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“In a traditional restroom, if you have a medical issue inside, you might stay in there for hours until a janitor gets there,” Heinzelman said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

Someone who had snuck in when the janitor wasn’t looking?

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett