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Recent Examples of ladies' roomAnd the ladies' room stalls have shower curtains instead of doors.—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 15 July 2025 Kara Young comes out of the ladies' room, Tony Award still in hand.—Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024 Soon, however, the Elvira's Movie Macabre hostess discovered that the charismatic trainer was indeed a woman after running into her in the ladies' room.—Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 21 Sep. 2021 When the meal was coming to an end, the two women accompanying the senators repaired to the ladies' room.—Jessika Harkay, courant.com, 12 Aug. 2021 Or even worse—you're in the restaurant ladies' room touching up your lipstick after dinner and somehow smear some on your sleeve.—Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 25 Feb. 2020 Masked man doing martial arts tries to use ladies' room: Forest Grove police log
Not every police agency provides a log of its responses, and few do it with the finesse of the Forest Grove Police Department.—Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 15 May 2018 An older woman in an Old Navy sweatshirt, who walked with two canes, had been screaming because of a lack of toilet paper in the ladies' room.—Alaska Dispatch News, 30 Sep. 2017
The other side of the former main-entrance doorway was converted into a stunning powder room, its Gothic arch preserved and now faceted with mosaic tile.
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Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
7 Mar. 2026
The mansion measures 4,155 square feet and features a gourmet chef’s kitchen, a vanity and powder room in the primary suite, and a pool and spa in the backyard.
There’s a ladies’ and a gentlemen’s flanking the stairwell on this upper entry level, each outfitted with a cold plunge, sauna, steam room, and showers inside and out.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Mar. 2026
Specifically, household staff like housekeepers, ladies' maids and valets.