janitor

Example Sentences

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The son of parents who fled Sierra Leone's civil war in the 1990s, Tiafoe used to sleep on the floor at a plush Maryland tennis centre where his father was a janitor.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Once freed from slavery, Washington toiled in coal mines, worked as a janitor in exchange for formal education and became a great American orator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

“In a traditional restroom, if you have a medical issue inside, you might stay in there for hours until a janitor gets there,” Heinzelman said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

“Nightingale. Nightingale. It’s in the janitor’s office. I went in there to see if the janitor would help Beverly fight the goblin, and then surprise! I found the book! Also, I let the bird go.”

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo