hostess

Example Sentences

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“If there is a bomb, a war, so what?” said Aisha Katushabe, a Ugandan hostess at a Japanese restaurant in Dubai’s City Walk area, showing off her bravado.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Susan Nasser works as a hostess, welcoming shoppers at the luxury Bicester Village outlet shopping centre and helping them find their way around.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

The hostess usually puts on a nice spread: dips, fresh bread, cuts of ham and beef, Christmas tree-shaped chips with hummus and salsa cruda, mince pies, chocolate squares, etc.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

“I remember going to one party with a lot of CEOs and big, big, big business guys and, the hostess was serving a butternut squash soup,” Stewart recounted.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

The hostess leads us to a big booth in the back, and a waiter stops by right away to drop off tortilla chips and take our drink orders.

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli