janitor

Example Sentences

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I think I've had one interview for a janitor role.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The company hires people for roles like janitor, maintenance worker and in other trades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 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

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

That why he worked so many odd jobs—shoe shiner during the day, busboy at one of the local bars at night, and even a janitor at Mount Carmel.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson