janitor

Example Sentences

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The company hires people for roles like janitor, maintenance worker and in other trades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

“I’m crying,” said Nidia Perez, a grandmother and school janitor who caught the game in a plaza in Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The son of parents who fled Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s, Tiafoe used to sleep on the floor at a plush Maryland tennis centre where his father was a janitor.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

The free-form jazz in the film makes the atmosphere almost farcical, a choice that feels even more strange when Bong introduces the apartment complex’s janitor, who has a taste for dog meat.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

“I’m getting a spare from the janitor tomorrow,” I said quickly.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia