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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Plastic fruits like these grapes let the waiters know which order to deliver to which table.
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Tamara Shopsin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Dec. 2025
But the real turning point in their flirtation comes via a run-in at a fancy gala that Kip is working at as a cater waiter.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Many times, the restaurant will distribute that amount to waiters, the kitchen staff and others.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
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Tamara Shopsin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
At restaurants, waiters would ignore me for long stretches—not out of rudeness, but because lingering is just built into the culture.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Dec. 2025
But the real turning point in their flirtation comes via a run-in at a fancy gala that Kip is working at as a cater waiter.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Many times, the restaurant will distribute that amount to waiters, the kitchen staff and others.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 4 Dec. 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 29 Dec. 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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