How to Use footman in a Sentence

footman

noun
  • What’s the solution for those of us who don’t have footmen to hold the food?
    — charlotteobserver, 31 Oct. 2017
  • What’s the solution for those of us who don’t have footmen to hold the food?
    — Mary Carol Garrity, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • It was brought by a thin waiter in footman dress who looked as nervous as a greyhound.
    — Alex Halberstadt, Town & Country, 9 Oct. 2015
  • The footmen of such regimes always come knocking on your door at around four in the morning.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • The footmen would surely be discreet.
    — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The next morning, a footman brought back an acceptance.
    — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Each eight-passenger coach had a driver and footman and was pulled by a team of horses.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Denker tries to take advantage of the new footman but Thomas steps in to get revenge.
    — Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2018
  • Denker tries to take advantage of the new footman but Thomas steps in to get revenge.
    — Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2018
  • There’s a moment when a former general upbraids a footman for not wearing gloves to serve food.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 May 2026
  • At that point, a footman dressed in black will pin an official notice to the gates of Buckingham palace.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The game is played on a simple 6×6 grid, and each player starts with their Duke and two Footmen.
    — Jonathan H. Liu, WIRED, 27 June 2012
  • These included a lady-in-waiting, a maid, a footman, a physician, a cook, and a tutor.
    — Michael Joseph Gross, Vanities, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Those gambling-mad aristocrats have boasted and betted on the running prowess of their best footman.
    — Roger Robinson, Outside Online, 5 May 2021
  • Why, a small fortune’s worth of diamonds and several strapping footmen in full formal dress!
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2017
  • They were taught that the only proper delivery method was hand delivery by a footman who could return with the response.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2017
  • Gone were the armed guards; instead, dapper footmen welcomed my husband and me up the stairs into the foyer, a gorgeous space in warm tones.
    — Rebecca Rose, Travel + Leisure, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The king and queen always face the direction of travel and will exit first; their guests face the footmen and will exit after the monarchs.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Casting calls in the New York area for extras to play footmen indicate filming will start there in March.
    — Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Lady Gun’s footman Alfie sighs in relief when his taxing employer leaves for the evening.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The camera observes it all, cutting between these maids, cooks, and footmen with a kind of accumulating effect.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • News outlets reported that one of the queen’s footmen, who is responsible for walking her dogs, had also contracted the virus.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
  • And now former footman Alfred has come to force her to visit with The Seven Dials!
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The footman died in the trenches during World War I, and Lizzie never remarried.
    — Penelope Green, New York Times, 6 May 2023
  • The palace did not comment on a recent report in a British tabloid, The Sun, that one of the queen’s footmen, who walks her dogs, had contracted the virus.
    — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2020
  • No spoilers, but the show's iconic wall of bells, which are used by the Crawley family to summon footmen and maids, features prominently in the gameplay.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 17 July 2019
  • The footmen are each positioned to spring to his side of the carriage to assist their respective passengers in disembarking, thus halving the queueing.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Queen Mary would usually travel with a footman, a page, two dressers, two chauffeurs, one lady-in-waiting, a maid for her lady-in-waiting and a detective.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Robert James-Collier was cast as footman Thomas Barrow when the series premiered in 2010.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Bennett gained some experience at Buckingham Palace as a part-time footman (a lower-ranking role) before quitting the force.
    — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2024

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