butler

Example Sentences

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“I kind of think of myself as the butler of downtown,” said Hal Bastian, 65, who has lived in the neighborhood for three decades and is known to many as “Mr. Downtown L.A.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 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

“We’re doing a big extrapolation from watching videos of robots doing laundry to a butler in my house that can do everything,” he said.

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

The butler robot hung up the General’s cap.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer