How to Use waitress in a Sentence

waitress

noun
  • The waitress comes back and she was stunned.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • In it, the singer works as a down-and-out waitress as her main gig.
    — Candace McDuffie, Glamour, 28 Jan. 2022
  • This time, the price of a waitress sandwich will be too high to pay.
    — Jessika Harkay, courant.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Our waitress was on it and even brought each of us our own tartar sauce.
    — Jessica Peralta, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Gonce works part time as a waitress a few nights a week to help cover the bills.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • Well, the waitress came over, and sent us a few drinks, courtesy of a man over there.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2020
  • One of the waitresses takes a photo and hands them their phone.
    — Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Our waitress at lunch assured us that the bar was open to the public.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 21 July 2021
  • Seinfeld gets testy when a waitress tries to push the toast on him.
    — Amy Jamieson, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Our waitress came to our wedding and even danced with my father.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The couple who shares my table cheers as a waitress rolls in a beer cart.
    — Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Both of the waitresses that served us were great and friendly.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 29 Jan. 2018
  • The client was a waitress, a server at a large restaurant chain.
    — Fortune, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The surprised waitress gave me a free vanilla ice-cream cone.
    — Chloé Hayden, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The waitress, who is 20, did not have her cellphone with her.
    — NBC News, 22 June 2021
  • Kraus, who works as a waitress, took photo classes in high school.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2026
  • At the end of the meal, the waitress left a tray on which the bill and a fortune cookie sat.
    — Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Dariela, who is in her mid-thirties, and works as a waitress, is the eldest of four kids.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The waitress, Sarah, was friendly and knew about the menu, which is a plus in my book.
    — cleveland, 10 Mar. 2022
  • As a teenager, Hee Sook worked as a waitress and store clerk.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2020
  • As part of his meal, the waitress brought an artichoke to the table.
    — Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The phone number left for the waiter or waitress on the bill, below the tip line.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • When a table hasn't been cleared in a while, Stegall will text a waitress.
    — Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 10 June 2018
  • Scott then said that one waitress finally came over to help the pair and took them to a table.
    — Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Stevie worked as a waitress to keep a roof over their heads and keep body and soul together.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Tracy was a 24-year-old waitress and single mom to two boys at the time.
    — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The waitress arrives with our order.
    — Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
  • The waitress brings bread, a whole sourdough loaf, says, Darling.
    — Zeina Hashem Beck, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Shirley the waitress and dim-bulb Dwayne (''Nuh-huh'') were both funnier too.
    — Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Learn how to make this old-school diner dessert with almost as much panache as those waitresses in roller skates.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026

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