stewardess
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On an airplane, recently, she noticed that when the stewardess came around offering coffee and tea, a surprising number of adults opted for hot chocolate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
In 1958, when Mary Pat Laffey Inman became a stewardess — as they were then called — for Northwest Airlines, she was 20 years old and the clock was already ticking.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
David Zucker: My favorite has always been when the stewardess says, "I've never been so scared, and besides, I am 26 and I'm not married."
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
The former air stewardess previously completed a fundraising skydive for the hospice at the age of 75.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2023
The stewardess showed us how to buckle our seat belts.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
The process of changing young stewardesses into union activists was a lengthy one, full of setbacks and false starts.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
“Catch Me If You Can” leans hard into ’60s chic, with an ensemble of Pan Am airline stewardesses and a variety-show orchestra on stage.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2019
"But it was feared that if one of the stewardesses didn't stay aboard, he may not let the passengers off in Denver."
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2019
The passengers and crew members inside the cabin described a chaotic scene in which the meals the attendants were serving were thrown about and the stewardesses themselves were tossed into the air.
From Slate ● May 15, 2018
The stewardesses minced up and down the narrow aisle, glancing from side to side like queens greeting the masses.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
