janitor

Example Sentences

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“I’m crying,” said Nidia Perez, a grandmother and school janitor who caught the game in a plaza in Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

I used to be a janitor, and I used to move furniture, so podcasting and stand-up is not so bad when you talk about having a job.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Charley finds direction when a neighborhood janitor invites him into a pickup game.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The free-form jazz in the film makes the atmosphere almost farcical, a choice that feels even more strange when Bong introduces the apartment complex’s janitor, who has a taste for dog meat.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Once inside, he paused several times on the stair to remark upon scraps of debris that the janitor had missed, feebly kicking at them with his foot.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt