How to Use butler in a Sentence

butler

noun
  • In the kitchen, there’s a large butler’s pantry with storage and prep space.
    Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Sometimes the butler would even sleep in the pantry to keep the pieces safe from damage or theft.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
  • The gourmet kitchen is equipped with top-of-the-line appliances and a full butler’s kitchen.
    Dallas Builders Association, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Between the kitchen and dining room is a butler’s pantry.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The all-suite hotel offers views of the gulf and the skyline as well as butler service.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • All of the villas come with a butler and private chef, and eight of the pavilions — the ones with the pools — have their own butler.
    Sarah Khan, Robb Report, 26 June 2023
  • These could be filled during the night by a) the host, or b) the butler, dressed up as Father Christmas.
    Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
  • With a half bath and a full bath with a soaking standalone tub, the suite comes with a 24-hour butler service.
    Allyson Portee, Forbes, 2 May 2023
  • To the left is a hall that goes by a home office or study room that was formerly a butler’s pantry.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2023
  • There’s also a butler (Paul Rhys), who superintends the household with all the warmth of the Grim Reaper.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The butler’s pantry connects the dining room to the kitchen and offers extra storage.
    Dallas News, 11 June 2022
  • But without a doubt, the toniest perk was having around-the-clock butler service.
    Katie Chang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The leather case for our TV remote was as delightful to her as our having a round-the-clock butler.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The condos come with butler service and access to a five-star restaurant.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The kitchen spans 1,500 square feet and features two islands and a separate butler’s pantry.
    Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The kitchen has a five-burner gas range, double wall oven, warming drawer and butler’s pantry with a sink.
    Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • The kitchen has two dishwashers among its top-of-the-line appliances and a butler’s pantry that serves the dining and breakfast rooms.
    Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The kitchen has an island with a quartz countertop and seating, and there is a walk-in butler’s pantry with shelving.
    Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Elsewhere, there’s a chef’s kitchen and a formal dining room with fireplace, butler pantry and wet bar.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 July 2022
  • That means 24-hour butler service and a handful of restaurants overseen by the acclaimed chef Juan Jose Cuevas.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2022
  • There’s also a butler (Paul Rhys) with a subzero-temp stare, who seems suspicious of this stranger from the jump.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Also, keep an eye out for her friend — and possibly butler — Craig.
    Ellie Rudy, NBC News, 6 Sep. 2022
  • This opened up a new role for Rice: quarantine hotel butler.
    Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The adjacent kitchen, which is just a short walk away through a butler’s pantry, will also not disappoint.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The Retreat, on Seabourn ships, is a shaded hideaway with private cabanas and all-day butler service above the main pool deck.
    Sue Bryant, Town & Country, 18 June 2023
  • The home also has a mud room with an organized closet, a butler’s pantry between the kitchen and the dining room and 13-foot ceilings on the second floor.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2022
  • Pennyworth isn't just about the origin of Batman's butler, though.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The ballroom connects to the hotel’s terrace, and a butler’s pantry supports both the event space and garden veranda.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Not the 44 rooms in the main hotel, however the villas come with a dedicated butler—available 24 hours a day.
    Nicolas Stecher, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The historic hotel brand, one of the most luxurious in the world with butler service for every room, was founded in New York City in 1904.
    Louisa Chu, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022

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