cleaning lady

Example Sentences

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Rhys, now 51, said he didn’t quite know what to think when he got there and the cleaning lady told him she was finishing up in order to leave before sunset.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

So first and foremost, respect your cleaning lady by being honest and terminate the professional relationship — and also stay true to your own convictions and respect your relationship with yourself.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

But it turns out she was talking with the family’s cleaning lady — one example of Pipe’s luxurious lifestyle that Kit is unaccustomed to.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

One of four daughters of a bricklayer and a cleaning lady in northwest England, Jackson never forgot her roots even as she made her name as one of the greatest women actors of her generation.

From Reuters • Jun. 15, 2023

And she had persuaded her mother to quit her job as a cleaning lady at Wanamaker’s Department Store.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman