How to Use janitorial in a Sentence

janitorial

adjective
  • Two men on their way to their janitorial jobs are the next to see Disney.
    — Special To The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 Oct. 2020
  • At the time of his daughter’s birth, Ortega held a janitorial job.
    — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2022
  • Marchant was told of the verdict against him the next day and subsequently fired from his janitorial position.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Inmates cook, perform janitorial tasks and maintain the grounds of prisons.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
  • Hazens’ results suggest that the deep ocean has its own janitorial crew that is standing by to mop up the threat of oil contamination.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2010
  • Records do not indicate which path Weston took to get onto the janitorial crew, Staab said.
    — Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The teachers claimed there were no janitorial services or medical staff and that forks, jewelry and clothes that weren’t black or designed by West were banned.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Hocker conducted surveillance of the building where the device had been planted and went with a colleague to retrieve it from a janitorial room.
    — Dan De Luce, NBC News, 4 July 2024
  • The men lost their janitorial jobs following the incident, according to the lawsuit.
    — jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • There will be janitorial and cleaning fees associated with its usage.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Nov. 2022
  • And because janitorial services have largely been ended, some workers have resorted to bringing their own rolls of toilet paper from home.
    — Mike Isaac, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
  • For the most part, janitorial workers, maintenance and security guards have kept their jobs, Boardman said.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2020
  • As a result of the absence of janitorial services, some employees have resorted to bringing their own toilet paper.
    — Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner, 2 Jan. 2023
  • My mom was a full-time airline reservation agent and my dad ran a small janitorial franchise in a suburb of Denver, but their bank account always teetered near zero.
    — Kimi Ceridon, Bon Appétit, 23 June 2021
  • Health inspectors found large holes or gaps in several areas, including the wall at the east end of the warehouse, the wall left of the janitorial sink and the ceiling above the warehouse.
    — Sacbee.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • But the reality is that as companies pare back their real estate if staffs continue to work remotely, many janitorial jobs could vanish.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Jose Santiago lost his janitorial job at a food processing center.
    — G. Jeffrey MacDonald, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2020
  • There are seven full-time maintenance and janitorial workers and three administrators but no on-site mental health or healthcare workers.
    — Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Among the issues brought up in the suit were claims that the campus did not provide janitorial services, security precautions, or even a school nurse or medical access.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023
  • This janitorial robot may be unable to handle all the complexities and nuances of restroom maintenance.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Chilkoot Charlie’s had been entered days earlier by the same perpetrators, who terrified the janitorial crew but left with nothing.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Sherlock is working in janitorial services at Oxford exactly long enough to pull a Will Hunting.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • He fist-bumps janitorial staff, trades a joke with Maryland’s state university chancellor, says hello to seemingly everyone in his path.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 18 July 2023
  • Esteban Sanchez, 43, was waiting for a Green Line train, heading to an interview for a janitorial job.
    — Julie Bosman, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • Among the various categories of jobs are retail, janitorial services, parking management, baggage handling and car rentals.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • Then there are all of these robotic applications to business, with automation making greater inroads into production, service jobs, and even things like janitorial work.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • An employee did not wash their hands after handling janitorial equipment, and then proceeded to handle food, according to Wednesday’s report.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The university would pay $10 in rent for the entire 10-year term and cover costs for utilities, janitorial services and some insurance.
    — Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Any adults on campus, including janitorial staff, construction workers, electricians and plumbers, will also adhere to the same testing protocols.
    — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Hunt had worked as a hotshot firefighter and carpenter, among many other short-term jobs, and had also done odd jobs around Yosemite, like working overnight shifts on a janitorial crew helping clean up park facilities.
    — Tim Sohn, Outside Online, 20 May 2015

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