How to Use receptionist in a Sentence

receptionist

noun
  • He was greeted at the front desk by a receptionist on a small video screen.
    — Ryan Kost, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2022
  • But the receptionist confirmed no one did, and then showed her the footage.
    — Marlisse Cepeda, Woman's Day, 30 Jan. 2015
  • The receptionist’s desk was framed by the outline of bright red lips.
    — Anne Helen Petersen, Wired, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Same with your team — all members from the receptionist on up.
    — Domenic Rom, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The receptionist was polite and again told me all the ways to pay without cash.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Her core staff is made up of two other people — a nurse's aide and a receptionist.
    — Tim Evans, NPR, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Assi rushed over, but the hotel receptionist said no one with his name had checked in.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The receptionist watches her leave with a knowing look — there is more to come here.
    — Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
  • After working part time for over four years, the wife hired a new lady as a receptionist.
    — Annie Lane, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2022
  • That has started to annoy the team’s flesh-and-blood receptionist.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2017
  • As the vase smashed into tiny pieces, the receptionist looked at me sternly and pointed to the door.
    — Sarah Grant, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2022
  • On a whiteboard by the receptionist’s desk was a grid listing the trials in progress.
    — Megan Rose, The Hive, 19 June 2017
  • That worker told her about there being a shooter on the fourth floor, the receptionist said.
    — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The receptionist thought Benge owned a dog or a cat named Seahorse.
    — Tamara Lush, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • After the receptionist revealed to her that the kids were not dressed up, Jones was stunned.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • At the time, people were getting jobs as receptionists [at ad agencies] just to get their foot in the door.
    — James B. Cutchin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
  • There was only a receptionist and the doctor at the practice.
    — WSJ, 10 Jan. 2022
  • My instructions tell me to say a password to the receptionist.
    — Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
  • John convinces Tina, the hotel receptionist, to act as his wife.
    — Kathy Cichon, Aurora Beacon-News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Maybe Amanda can still be a receptionist.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Anyone — from a nurse practitioner to a receptionist to a drug store clerk — can do the tests.
    — Ellen Gabler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
  • At the time, Crooks was a receptionist at a real estate firm in the building.
    — Jessica Estepa, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2018
  • As the other receptionist reached for the phone, Behar had one final tip to share.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
  • One of the men in his early 30s argues that the receptionist has to be friendly to do her job.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 10 May 2018
  • Kath the receptionist Every story about an empire needs a down-to-earth hero to ground it.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But the impact of that decision first dawned on him when a receptionist there greeted him with a big, warm smile and thank you.
    — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Abby is portrayed as a naive and innocent receptionist, but is edgy.
    — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In the background, a receptionist made a round of phone calls to remind students to turn in their assignments.
    — Rebecca Griesbach | , al, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Your station in life is much more similar to that of the cashier or the receptionist than to the person who signs their paychecks.
    — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2021
  • And then there were the quiet ones — the candidates who took a moment to ask about the receptionist's day, who said thank you on the way out.
    — Jessica Neal, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025

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