butler

Example Sentences

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He tells me the apartment comes with a butler.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

"We arrange everything for them: flowers, candles, photographer, dinner with a private butler," said Melanie Tessier, its guest relations manager.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Getting human-shaped robots into warehouses or industrial sites to move boxes is one thing, he said; building a robot butler is beyond the industry’s current capabilities, with current robots too unreliable to perform complex tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

I can’t remember what I expected to glimpse on a Zoom call with an Oscar-winning film director — gold door handles, perhaps, a butler at the very least?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

“I’m very sorry,” he says politely, like an English butler in a movie, then closes the door in my face without another word.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson