How to Use waitress in a Sentence

waitress

noun
  • In it, the singer works as a down-and-out waitress as her main gig.
    Candace McDuffie, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2022
  • The waitress, Sarah, was friendly and knew about the menu, which is a plus in my book.
    cleveland, 10 Mar. 2022
  • At the time, Cartwright worked as a waitress at Hooters.
    Tamara Palmer, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • This time, the price of a waitress sandwich will be too high to pay.
    Jessika Harkay, courant.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The phone number left for the waiter or waitress on the bill, below the tip line.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Well, the waitress came over, and sent us a few drinks, courtesy of a man over there.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2020
  • On a side note, the owners are looking to hire a waitress.
    Freep.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • In Melbourne, Robben worked as a waitress in a small café.
    Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The waitress, who is 20, did not have her cellphone with her.
    NBC News, 22 June 2021
  • Our waitress at lunch assured us that the bar was open to the public.
    Susan Glaser, cleveland, 21 July 2021
  • The client was a waitress, a server at a large restaurant chain.
    Fortune, 15 Feb. 2022
  • As part of his meal, the waitress brought an artichoke to the table.
    Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • There’s the Ashford waitress who said she was not paid over $7,000 in wages.
    José Luis Martínez, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2024
  • His father served in the Air Force, and his mother was a waitress.
    Emily Langer, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Seinfeld gets testy when a waitress tries to push the toast on him.
    Amy Jamieson, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • There was a young woman there who worked as a waitress.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021
  • Shirley the waitress and dim-bulb Dwayne (''Nuh-huh'') were both funnier too.
    Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Her mom worked as a waitress at PJ’s, a Spenard strip club.
    Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 22 July 2023
  • Dariela, who is in her mid-thirties, and works as a waitress, is the eldest of four kids.
    Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The surprised waitress gave me a free vanilla ice-cream cone.
    Chloé Hayden, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2022
  • When the waitress approached, Kendrick was too shy to talk, wanting Rashad to place the order for him.
    Reginald Dwayne Betts, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Lee plans to bring a cook and waitress from Milwaukee to Franklin.
    Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2021
  • While filming, a Montana waitress caught the star's eye.
    Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 14 July 2022
  • The waitress brings bread, a whole sourdough loaf, says, Darling.
    Zeina Hashem Beck, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2022
  • The waitress, who remains unnamed, ran back to the diner and called the police.
    Peter Aitken, Fox News, 21 June 2021
  • Manuele recalled the waitress then spoke to the same woman who later spoke with Irvin.
    Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Her husband, a cook, and she, a waitress, were out of work for three months due to the pandemic.
    Silvia Foster-Frau, ExpressNews.com, 26 Nov. 2020
  • One man carries on with a waitress; the other a seedy drug dealer in a blonde wig.
    Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Darlene Ferrin The killer’s next victim was 22-year-old Ferrin, a waitress who was both a wife and a new mother.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024
  • For Sally Uribe, a 40-year-old waitress who once made hundreds of dollars a night working in a casino, there is no doubt.
    Paula Ramon, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024

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