How to Use waiter in a Sentence

waiter

noun
  • Or did some waiter just drop a tray?
    — Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The waiters were on top of their game.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
  • There were no waiters with tiny hors d’oeuvres.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The waiter’s tray fell, hit my chest, bounced off and crashed to the floor.
    — Laura House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Come to think of it, our brunch waiter had trouble, too.
    — R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The waiter brought the beer and set it on the table and went away.
    — New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • At the café the waiter who brought her orange juice knew her by name.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Toward the end of the meal, the waiter asked how things were.
    — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Then the waiter comes over and asks if the roach would like to order dessert.
    — Charlie Dektar, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Lopez worked as a waiter for years and saved enough cash to purchase a home.
    — Jake Shore, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • No need to get out of your car, the waiter will bring it right to your window.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 15 Nov. 2018
  • Do be ready to order food and drinks when your waiter comes by the first time around.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Mar. 2018
  • For the waiters, a couple of lumps of sugar would do as a tip.
    — Alan Philps, Town & Country, 5 July 2023
  • To be an actor is to be a waiter, some pursuers of the craft might say.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Sep. 2019
  • First, the waiters bring out a tray of poblano peppers topped with a green, white and red bow.
    — Eyder Peralta, NPR, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Then a waiter knocked on my door to say that the kitchen had canceled breakfast.
    — Sonia Faleiro, Harper's Magazine, 23 June 2020
  • At the cafés and restaurants, the waiters knew enough to seat him by himself.
    — Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • There’s an olive tree there, which a waiter tells me is over 100 years old.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 June 2024
  • Fresh fruit juices and local soy milk line up neatly along the walls like waiters.
    — Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In the wrong context, all-black can make someone look like a cater-waiter.
    — Clifford Prince King, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
  • My dad worked as a waiter at a French restaurant, then opened his own places.
    — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The kitchen is equipped with a center island, a walk-in pantry and a dumb waiter.
    — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The waiter presents the roll right out of the oven with the two roasted legs crossed at the bottom.
    — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2018
  • Offset had the waiter bring out the final course for the birthday girl.
    — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Just then the waiter approaches, and asks if the girls are ready to order.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • When the waiter placed the check on the table, nobody moved for a few seconds.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 9 Feb. 2020
  • The waiter stooped, took the knife from my hand, leaned close, and cut a delicate line down the spine.
    — Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In the first, former waiter Tong Ying-kit was jailed for nine years.
    — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The waiter emerged from the Ljubljana restaurant with a smile.
    — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Though there are waiters, Nodler says the kitchen crew run dishes to the table.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 13 Mar. 2018

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