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
  • Combs' attorney Brian Steele handed him a napkin as Combs cried watching the video.
    Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, Whitney throws her napkin and storms out of the luncheon, as Real Housewives are wont to do.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Brown stayed down for a bit, and then walked off the field with a trainer holding a towel to Brown’s bleeding chin — and with his arms waving on the crowd.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 28 Sep. 2025
  • If the screens must stay in place, put towels on the floor under your screens to soak up any mess.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Plus, the high-quality protein in lean chicken helps to repair tissue and muscle.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Called 'molecular breast imaging,' researchers at Mayo Clinic found the combination method increased the ability to find cancer in the fibrous and glandular tissue type by more than double.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Serviette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviette. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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