How to Use housekeep in a Sentence

housekeep

verb
  • Hotel housekeeping staff The best practice is to leave about $5 to $10 per night for the housekeeping staff.
    Zachary Hansen, USA TODAY, 22 June 2018
  • The hotel has a no-weapons policy, the lawsuit claims, and yet housekeeping staff did not mention those in Paddock's two-room suite.
    Michael Kiefer, azcentral, 28 June 2018
  • Internet; spa and fitness-center use; tips for bell staff, housekeeping staff and valet.
    Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 4 May 2017
  • In return, Seipler and his team provide the bins, pickup, delivery shipping and training for housekeeping staff.
    Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 3 May 2017
  • The officials say she was found hanging by housekeeping staff inside her Park Avenue apartment at about 10:20 a.m. Tuesday.
    Colleen Long, Cincinnati.com, 5 June 2018
  • Officials say she was found hanging by housekeeping staff inside her Park Avenue apartment around 10:20 a.m., making her the latest celebrity to take their life in this way.
    Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
  • Residents of the building have access to the services of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which include a health spa, a lounge, in-room dining services, meeting rooms and housekeeping upon request.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
  • They were discovered deceased by housekeeping staff about 9:30 a.m. Monday.
    Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Unite Here represents food service and housekeeping workers; the Teamsters Union negotiated for bellmen, valets and front desk workers.
    Katherine Sayre, NOLA.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Officials say she was found hanging by housekeeping staff inside her Park Avenue apartment around 10:20 a.m., making her the latest celebrity to apparently commit suicide by hanging.
    Fox News, 6 June 2018

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