Examples of waiter in a Sentence
waiters at that elegant restaurant must go through an extended training program before being allowed to serve customers
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Shawnie Russell, a 22-year-old waiter at a diner in an adjacent town, said the singer’s ICE lyric hit close to home.
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Someone has to dive for it — either you, a tablemate who is nearer, or a waiter.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Oh yeah, my dad speaks this specific dialect called Taishanese, and one of the waiters spoke it.
—James Factora, Them., 27 Oct. 2025
Despite its narrow legs, the piano did not teeter as the impeccable waiter carried it on a silver platter and set it down before me.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
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Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Someone has to dive for it — either you, a tablemate who is nearer, or a waiter.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Oh yeah, my dad speaks this specific dialect called Taishanese, and one of the waiters spoke it.
—James Factora, Them., 27 Oct. 2025
Despite its narrow legs, the piano did not teeter as the impeccable waiter carried it on a silver platter and set it down before me.
—Aleksandra Crapanzano, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for waiter
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“Waiter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waiter. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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waiter
noun
wait·er
ˈwāt-ər 
: one that waits
especially
: a person who waits tables (as in a restaurant)
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