How to Use housekeeper in a Sentence

housekeeper

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  • Frank's housekeeper placed him at home at the time of the murder.
    — Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The star who greets housekeepers by name and dances with them in the hallways.
    — Leila Cobo, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The pool man and the gardener each came two days a week; the housekeeper, four.
    — Alan Judd, ajc, 13 June 2022
  • My housekeeper just went and bought a shirt for Joe and a track suit for [his wife] Kirsten.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
  • His mom was a housekeeper for a while, and as a boy, Dominguez went on jobs with her, too.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2022
  • This too will likely have to be cleaned from time to time by the new housekeeper.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The housekeeper reportedly was concerned about the health of the dog and took it to the vet.
    — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Tireless housekeeper Dusa tends to the tidiness of the grounds.
    — Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Sikes was in the home with her 8-year-old daughter and her housekeeper, DeGuerin said.
    — Tom Orsborn, St. John Barned-Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 2021
  • Collins even sent his housekeeper to help out at their new home.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
  • June fires her housekeeper rather than ask her to not eat fast food in her house.
    — Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
  • There was talk that a man on the second floor had been the first to go, followed by a beloved housekeeper.
    — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 30 Nov. 2020
  • On the day Pearson was killed, his housekeeper arrived for work at the house.
    — oregonlive, 8 July 2021
  • Both women played the role of housekeeper Mamie Johnson on the famed soap opera.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2021
  • Olvera got her start as a housekeeper and early on made around $13.25 an hour.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Louise Ouattara was nervous to return to work as a housekeeper in one of the dorms.
    — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Tércia is a housekeeper by day who keeps her own house in order in the evenings.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
  • White asked her housekeeper to bring them something to eat.
    — Victoria Edel, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Brown’s lawyer had challenged six of the nine claims filed by the housekeeper and her husband in July 2021.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
  • And since 7,500 square feet is quite a lot of space to take care of yourself, the house comes with a private chef, a butler, and a housekeeper.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Roman Haller owes his life to a 20-year-old housekeeper.
    — NBC News, 27 Jan. 2022
  • Of course, come wash day, even the most diligent pet groomer and housekeeper will find fur on clothes, sheets, towels, and more.
    — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Doris worked as a housekeeper, then a nurse's aid, struggling to provide for the children.
    — jsonline.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • So, this really is the end — unless James plans to retell it once again, from the point of view of the housekeeper, the bodyguard — or the riding crop.
    — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
  • After the war, Briscoe, on the other hand, still had his estate, a chauffeur, and a housekeeper.
    — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The housekeeper initially called deputies to the house, and then went to a sheriff's station to file a report.
    — NBC News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Uli said that where hotel housekeepers may spend half an hour on a room, her cleanups take four or five hours in the campers and six hours in the cottage.
    — Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 27 July 2023
  • Staff and service From the housekeepers to the camp managers and guides, every staff member is Botswanan.
    — Chris Schalkx, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The wavy coif and puffy jowls of the father disguised as a matronly housekeeper.
    — Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2022
  • The service industry, which employs housekeepers, drivers, landscapers, and small business owners, has come to a screeching halt.
    — John Hope Bryant, TIME, 18 Jan. 2025

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