How to Use housekeeping in a Sentence

housekeeping

noun
  • We took the computer offline to do some basic housekeeping.
  • There is no housekeeping, there is none of that type of stuff.
    — Ravi Ubha, CNN, 29 Aug. 2020
  • He was just hired for a housekeeping job that will start next week.
    — Kate Morrissey, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 May 2017
  • Guests can’t leave their rooms, and there is no housekeeping.
    — Chong Koh Ping, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2020
  • This is far more than mere housekeeping on the part of an index provider.
    — Danielle Chemtob, WSJ, 1 July 2018
  • Next, hire a housekeeping service to give the house a deep clean.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2017
  • But first, a little bit of housekeeping.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Save some pounds for hotel staff who help with luggage, and for housekeeping.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 22 May 2019
  • For that, there are certain housekeeping issues that need to be put back in place.
    — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • Sleep is also when your brain does its daily housekeeping.
    — Dana G. Smith, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But first, some housekeeping and a good deal of backstory.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2026
  • There's no front desk, no daily housekeeping, and no on-site restaurant and bar.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024
  • That way, nobody — neither you nor the housekeeping staff — is put in harm’s way.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Some have found off-the-books jobs in construction and housekeeping.
    — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • At hotels, tip two to three francs for porters and door people and the same per night to housekeeping.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
  • Here there's a housekeeping fairy who makes my bed, launders my linens, and empties the trash.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2021
  • There are a few housekeeping tasks to take care of before the warm weather arrives.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • You’ll be assigned a job in either housekeeping, a restaurant or at a front desk.
    — Natalie B. Compton, The Know, 21 Sep. 2019
  • At hotels, tip one to two euros per bag, and for housekeeping, one to two euros per night.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2024
  • The envelopes were from a temp agency that employs housekeeping staff.
    — cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Bhakta said housekeeping wages have gone up $3 to $4 an hour in recent years.
    — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 15 Jan. 2020
  • One challenge for a robot in housekeeping was to pick up all the garbage in a mock hotel room and take out the trash.
    — Eunice Yoon, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The other is a woman in charge of the housekeeping staff at the resort hotel.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The extra time gives the housekeeping staff the chance to disinfect all the surfaces in the room.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2020
  • Basically, your housekeeping skills are the talk of the town.
    — Cate Geiger, Country Living, 30 Apr. 2020
  • If not, leave the money in central spot in the room and clearly label it for housekeeping with a note.
    — Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 25 Jan. 2018
  • That little envelope in the room serves as a reminder to tip housekeeping.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 14 May 2026
  • Those who work in the laboratories and the housekeeping staff got shots too.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Here are the current housekeeping policies at some of the major hotel brands.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • There are far more women than men doing low-wage work in restaurants, hotel housekeeping, and child care.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 26 Mar. 2026

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