stewardess

Example Sentences

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On an airplane, recently, she noticed that when the stewardess came around offering coffee and tea, a surprising number of adults opted for hot chocolate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

A fur coat owned by a first-class stewardess sold by them for £150,000 in 2017.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2023

David Zucker: My favorite has always been when the stewardess says, "I've never been so scared, and besides, I am 26 and I'm not married."

From Salon • Oct. 3, 2023

The glam quotient is highest in “All With a Soft Touch,” dominated by an angelic stewardess in a serenely pale airplane where, it seems, the passengers are Black.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

He feels hungry all of a sudden, wishes he’d thought to save the bagel the stewardess had handed him on the plane.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri