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Recent Examples of servietteSo 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
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.
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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.
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