Example Sentences

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Housekeepers will be earning more than $100,000 annually by the sixth year of the contract.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Housekeepers, called “room attendants,” will earn $35 per hour, or $73,000 per year at most hotels by July 1, 2027.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2024

Housekeepers in some hotels also flip mattresses every month to ensure that one side isn’t receiving all the grime, though Pruitt reportedly requested a pillow-top mattress, which cannot be flipped.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2018

Housekeepers in Chicago recently seized on the Weinstein allegations to celebrate passage of a City Council bill that will require hotels to provide them with panic buttons so they can summon help.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2017

“An estate like this must require a sizable staff. Housekeepers, gardeners, perhaps even stable personnel. How many do you employ?”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman