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
  • First, start by blotting the stain using a paper or cloth napkin, or towel.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But this season, almost everyone who has actually made it to the weddings feels about as interesting as a damp cocktail napkin.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Then competitors broke down their stations, piling flowers, towels, and candles onto wheeled display tables and rolling them out with the efficiency of a Nascar pit crew.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Turn your towel over and place the stained side on top of a thick layer of paper towels.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The cells extended nerve fibers in both directions, toward the head and tail, to connect with the host spinal tissue.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The process involves harvesting cells from various sources and administering them to the body to repair tissue.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Serviette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviette. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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