How to Use waiter in a Sentence

waiter

noun
  • And the waiter is sort of the straight man among the ladies.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The waiter brought the beer and set it on the table and went away.
    New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The cheers died down as the waiter walked past the table.
    New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The episode, in which the singer plays a waiter, will air on April 19 on CBS.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • And the waiter, my friend, said, 'Oh my God, my best friend is the cook, the chef, here.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Still, the waiter returned to push the bread and butter.
    Noah Lederman, Bon Appétit, 9 June 2022
  • Ask anyone at the Villa Igiea — the concierge, the waiter, the maître d'.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022
  • For the waiters, a couple of lumps of sugar would do as a tip.
    Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
  • At the café the waiter who brought her orange juice knew her by name.
    Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2021
  • For dinner, he’s dressed like a waiter and ready to fight.
    Emma Soren, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2024
  • There’s an olive tree there, which a waiter tells me is over 100 years old.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 June 2024
  • In the first, former waiter Tong Ying-kit was jailed for nine years.
    NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • In the first, former waiter Tong Ying-kit, was jailed for nine years.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
  • One day at the Willard Hotel, a waiter served him a cup of something warm and brown.
    Eliza McGraw, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Just then the waiter approaches, and asks if the girls are ready to order.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Lenker got a job as a back waiter at a restaurant on the Upper West Side.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
  • In the wrong context, all-black can make someone look like a cater-waiter.
    Clifford Prince King, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The waiter then moves to the gentleman sitting next to her and repeats the process.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The Grizz is where most people start their Black Bear journey, the waiter said.
    Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The eatery was packed, and the only issue with our meal was when the waiter came to clear our dinner plates.
    Brahna Yassky, Wired, 2 Nov. 2021
  • This means when patrons order, both they and the waiter will be masked.
    CBS News, 8 Dec. 2020
  • What was once the home's kitchen became a waiter's station.
    Megha McSwain, Chron, 11 Oct. 2022
  • When waiters carried out the crabs on large platters, the group clapped and pulled out their iPhones to snap pictures.
    Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Most of the movie’s tableaus—like the one featuring the distracted waiter—are one-offs.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2021
  • And carry cash to tip the first-class attendants and waiters.
    Jean Trinh, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The large portion of tiramisù will set you back $42, and its top tile of chocolate will be hand cracked for you by a waiter with a spoon.
    Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • But, already, my waiter knows me, and the number of my room has been written on a bottle of wine.
    Mavis Gallant, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022
  • His father was a waiter, and his mother worked in the kitchen of a hospital.
    John Schwartz, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Then the waiter comes by with…oh God, is that an in-house sommelier?
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2024
  • But so were the waiters, who had their own list of expectations.
    Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024

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