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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

He got the janitor job in the mid-1970s, and a decade later he and his wife experimented in their kitchen to create the new snack.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 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

Behind her is our janitor, Mr. Brody, who is usually all smiles, but not today.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan