waitress

Example Sentences

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He said no more than four words to me the entire meal, but managed to chat up our waitress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

A waitress in the room cried out in Spanish, “I don’t want to die here. I don’t want to die in this room.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Ashlin McCourt clocks up 60 hours a week working as a civil servant, a waitress and a baker because "life's so expensive", she says.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Berry, the dancer who worked with Cynthia at Playmates, said she was clocking in that evening when the head waitress informed her that Cynthia’s body had been found.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

A waitress named Susie put three plastic cups of soda on the counter and then pulled three straws out of her apron pouch without looking down.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen