How to Use busboy in a Sentence

busboy

noun
  • Romero was on duty and came into the room with a group of other busboys.
    — Russell Contreras, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2018
  • Young Gavin chipped in, picking up a newspaper route and a job as a busboy.
    — Maya Singer, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Matt worked there as a child, moving up to busboy, and worked on his uncle John's fishing boats.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Word had spread about a busboy job at the Lincoln Delicatessen.
    — Dick Schwartz, Star Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • A little lady from Italy hired me as a busboy in 1985.
    — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Good to see him in uniform, and not dressed like a busboy working for his Uncle Quark.
    — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • He was cast as a busboy who disrupts the thieves’ plan by getting into an argument with a co-worker about weed.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2021
  • But that goes out the window after Frankie scores some cocaine from a busboy during dinner.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 16 June 2017
  • First came the kitchen workers and porters; then the waiters, runners, and busboys; and finally the bartenders.
    — Jon Michaud, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2020
  • His entourage subdued Sirhan as a teenage busboy cradled the injured Kennedy.
    — Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 May 2026
  • The waitstaff at Allen’s were professional but could be short-tempered when faced with a subpar busboy.
    — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Later, as the two stood near the piano player in the bar, Spacey reached over and began to rub the busboy's thigh, the complaint states.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 17 July 2019
  • He was accused of groping an 18-year-old busboy working at a bar on Nantucket.
    — Alex Marshall, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022
  • Ego gives a busboy $500 for his shoes, and Punkie wonders when the music started playing so fast.
    — Alexis Pereira, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2021
  • There’s no robot anywhere in the world right now that can sort a bowlful of coins as well as the average child or clear a table as well as a restaurant busboy.
    — Erik Brynjolfsson, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
  • After tips, most front line workers pocket more than the busboys, dishwashers and line cooks in the back of the house, cementing inequity.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 16 June 2018
  • In so doing, guests have the same servers, busboys and restaurant managers throughout their trip, and the waitstaff gets to know the guests — and their preferences.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024
  • As a result, guests have the same servers, busboys and restaurant managers throughout their trip, and the waitstaff gets to know the guests — and their preferences.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
  • As a result, guests have the same servers, busboys and restaurant managers throughout their trip, and the waitstaff gets to know the guests — and their preferences.
    — Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That job was cut short when the owner was investigated for fraud, but Ginsberg found new ones as a busboy, food runner and server.
    — Caroline Hatchett, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2021
  • There was a hardworking busboy from Tampico named Ruben who expressed the desire to move up the ladder in the kitchen and learn how to bake.
    — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 12 June 2020
  • The two-time Oscar winner allegedly bought the then-18-year-old drinks after his shift as a busboy ended at the bar.
    — Matt Rocheleau, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2019
  • Ganem went on to work in the industry, starting as a server and a busboy at a sushi restaurant, finally getting to make sushi when a prep cook didn’t show up one day.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
  • The two-time Oscar winner allegedly plied the man, then 18, with drinks after the man’s shift as a busboy at the bar ended.
    — Matt Rocheleau, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
  • Spacey was accused of getting an 18-year-old man drunk and then groping him at a Nantucket restaurant and bar where the teen worked as a busboy.
    — baltimoresun.com, 17 July 2019
  • There’s no robot anywhere in the world right now, for example, that can sort a bowlful of coins as well as the average child or clear a table as well as a restaurant busboy.
    — Erik Brynjolfsson, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
  • Stephens' younger brother Jack worked several summers at the Barlow Hotel as a busboy.
    — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 10 Jan. 2021
  • Mark Porter said that in less than two years, his son went from being a practicing attorney to working as a busboy and a waiter at a private country club.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Something’s Fishy — the sushi place of yesteryear where my brother worked as a busboy and where sake warmed the soul after a day in the cold Pacific.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Spacey was also accused of groping a busboy at a restaurant in Nantucket in 2016.
    — NBC News, 18 Sep. 2019

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