How to Use custodian in a Sentence

custodian

noun
  • Let’s be better custodians of our minds and our hearts and our time.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The custodian had keys that gave him access to school grounds.
    — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • There’s a custodian walking by, and then a scene with droplets of blood.
    — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 9 July 2018
  • But he is also asked to fill in as a bus driver and a custodian.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Third choice is to make Coinbase the custodian of your coins.
    — William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2021
  • And, there are many checks and balances in place with the firm’s third-party custodian.
    — Mindy Diamond, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Parents and teachers and even custodians made a fuss over them.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Povlsen has spoken about being a custodian of the landscape and about his deep love for the area.
    — WIRED, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The end of the video showed Goff’s ID badge as a school custodian.
    — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • The suspect may have been a custodian employed by the school, said Lt.
    — Corina Knoll, latimes.com, 30 June 2018
  • In the cellar, Tait gives his wines the oversight of a custodian.
    — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The church custodian pushed a cart between the aisles, dropping off red hymnals.
    — Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 3 Apr. 2021
  • When one of them bent down to the ground, the custodian noticed a gun sticking out of the top of his shorts on his backside.
    — Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Two years ago, the 42-year-old father of four spent his days mopping floors as a school custodian.
    — CBS News, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Once unclaimed property is turned over to the state, the state becomes the custodian for the funds.
    — New York Daily News Special Sections, New York Daily News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • All of them, in some manner or other, served as custodians of the Mughal legacy.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Mar. 2026
  • But the latest incident may be the last strike for the corrupt custodian.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 17 Jan. 2018
  • Even the county custodian is rumored to make six figures.
    — Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Lee-Ann Wilber was, all agree, a wonderful custodian of the house and its lore.
    — Erika Mailman, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2021
  • The school custodian, Joe Bowen, tackled Sharpe and stripped him of his weapon.
    — Nicholas Deshais, The Seattle Times, 14 Sep. 2017
  • Much of the custodian’s frustrations comes from the lack of notice to workers ahead of the layoffs.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • It was gifted by one of the school’s custodians and Linney used it as a paperweight.
    — Jim Seimas, The Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2017
  • The county clerk’s office is the custodian of records and in charge of the software transition.
    — Josephine Peterson, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • Her husband, also a custodian, got the same notice.
    — Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • He was slotted into a group called the Voice Masters and hired as a custodian.
    — Gavin Edwards, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Night custodians were finishing up their rounds.
    — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Preservation of both is foremost in the mindset of its custodians.
    — Lauren Keith, Robb Report, 30 May 2026
  • One of the many cuts CPS had to make to balance the budget was to school custodians.
    — Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Worse, the custodian has of late been locking the bathrooms for two and a half hours of the school day for reasons that are unclear to her and her peers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Dec. 2019
  • The custodians’ roles sometimes extend beyond the area of the schools they are scheduled to maintain.
    — Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025

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