serviette

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of serviette So take your place á la table, arrange your serviette neatly on your lap, and bon appétit! Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025 Use them to aid in pouring wine so that not a drop ends up in the wrong place, or set them beneath decanters like proper serviettes. Hannah Selinger, wsj.com, 29 Sep. 2023 For this look, take a red washable serviette and fashion it into a long, thin roll. Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022 Make loose brunch plans with the hottest bystander and escape into the night with a slice of cake wrapped in a serviette for the subway. Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2020 Still, the Smithsonian is right to to honor this most famous of American serviettes, the Magna Carta of modern Republican economics. Jeet Heer, New Republic, 18 Oct. 2017 Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there’s no foil. Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, 28 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serviette
Noun
  • Kelsey, who was adopted as an infant, sketched out the design for her boxes on an airplane napkin.
    Alana Semuels, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Combs' attorney Brian Steele handed him a napkin as Combs cried watching the video.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Shortly after the teams left the field, a video surfaced showing JuJu Smith-Schuster walking to the locker room with a towel covering his nose.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • There were hype videos and live music and waving towels with flashing lights built in.
    Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As well as helping scientists to better understand lung diseases and develop patient-specific treatments, the end goal of lung tissue engineering would be to grow whole lungs in the lab.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The frozen tissue is later reabsorbed naturally by the body.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Serviette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviette. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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