serviette
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I use a serviette that has been left on the side to wipe down the plate and then my face, then make my way back along the narrow corridors and into the restaurant.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2022
“I say this with so much love and affection, but I feel like we’re doing up a house together and he’s like, ‘Look at this serviette that I fashioned into the shape of two swans!
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2021
He lifted his serviette and wiped his mouth.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
I put my knife and fork together, wiped my mouth with my serviette and said, ‘Please may I leave the table?’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He takes a last glug of his coffee and wipes his mouth with a serviette.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
I took the imperative “there should be napkins, too, real ones” seriously and raided the nearby Goodwill’s linen section, lucking into a dozen identical crisp white serviettes.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2023
She pulled out one of the two paper serviettes from the chrome clip on the table and smoothed it like a mini funeral shroud.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 25, 2013
Batey once asked: "When you're having a meal at home and there's no one else around, just you and your wife, do you always have serviettes, sometimes have serviettes, or never have serviettes?"
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2013
For example, no use of restaurant serviettes when made from linen.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2010
They sat down at the head of the table, where in earlier days the mother, the father, and Gregor had eaten, unfolded their serviettes, and picked up their knives and forks.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
