How to Use waiter in a Sentence

waiter

noun
  • And the waiter is sort of the straight man among the ladies.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The waiter brought the beer and set it on the table and went away.
    New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The cheers died down as the waiter walked past the table.
    New York Times, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The episode, in which the singer plays a waiter, will air on April 19 on CBS.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
  • And the waiter, my friend, said, 'Oh my God, my best friend is the cook, the chef, here.
    Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Still, the waiter returned to push the bread and butter.
    Noah Lederman, Bon Appétit, 9 June 2022
  • Ask anyone at the Villa Igiea — the concierge, the waiter, the maître d'.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2022
  • For the waiters, a couple of lumps of sugar would do as a tip.
    Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
  • One day at the Willard Hotel, a waiter served him a cup of something warm and brown.
    Eliza McGraw, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Just then the waiter approaches, and asks if the girls are ready to order.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • In the wrong context, all-black can make someone look like a cater-waiter.
    Clifford Prince King, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • What was once the home's kitchen became a waiter's station.
    Megha McSwain, Chron, 11 Oct. 2022
  • When waiters carried out the crabs on large platters, the group clapped and pulled out their iPhones to snap pictures.
    Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The large portion of tiramisù will set you back $42, and its top tile of chocolate will be hand cracked for you by a waiter with a spoon.
    Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • But, already, my waiter knows me, and the number of my room has been written on a bottle of wine.
    Mavis Gallant, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Then the waiter comes by with…oh God, is that an in-house sommelier?
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Philip Saunders, one of the waiters, brought in Rob Jones, a sculptor with a flair for the theatrical, and Serge hired him on the spot as maître d’hôtel.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • And somewhere, on the fringes of the celebration, a cater waiter is about to do something very wrong.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Pride, certainly, and poise—even the waiters have it—but no boasting.
    David Denby, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
  • That’s enough to get him on set to play the role of a waiter during a pivotal scene in the soap drama thanks to a hook-up from James Corden.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Your waiter brings over a large chalkboard menu — and most of it comes from the water surrounding you.
    Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 26 May 2022
  • Disney Cruise Line does the same — with the waiters traveling with the guests to different restaurants on the ship.
    James Barrett, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • There are large pantries on each deck and a dumb waiter that passes through all the decks to ensure seamless service from the crew.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The Star also reported that Mahomes is alleged to have shoved a young male waiter out of the room.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2024
  • One Capitol dining room is named after Ernest Petinaud, a head waiter who worked for the House for many years.
    Erin Spencer Sairam, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • And sometimes there are people who serve as staff waiters, cleaners and things like that.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Do the waiters at your favorite restaurant rely on tips to make a living?
    Emma Janssen, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Low on funds, the pair stopped a while in the Sunshine State in order to accrue funds and got jobs as waiters in a restaurant called the Hawaiian Inn.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
  • His stint as a singing waiter at a New York restaurant was only the beginning.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 21 July 2023
  • The waiter, who was bringing their food, asked if everything was okay.
    Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2023

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