waitress

Example Sentences

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He said no more than four words to me the entire meal, but managed to chat up our waitress.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

In a separate posting on X in November a waitress, said to be from New York City, complained that a table of four who spent $3,000 only gave her $200 or 6.7%.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

A waitress in the room cried out in Spanish, “I don’t want to die here. I don’t want to die in this room.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

One week before his visit, the students emailed him a list of 35 questions that largely circled around Janie Hatley, the Arlington waitress who’d dated Ortiz.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The waitress comes to take our empty bowls and plates away but doesn’t shoo us out of the emptying restaurant.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller