serviette

chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of serviette So take your place á la table, arrange your serviette neatly on your lap, and bon appétit! Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025 Use them to aid in pouring wine so that not a drop ends up in the wrong place, or set them beneath decanters like proper serviettes. Hannah Selinger, wsj.com, 29 Sep. 2023 For this look, take a red washable serviette and fashion it into a long, thin roll. Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 22 Nov. 2022 Make loose brunch plans with the hottest bystander and escape into the night with a slice of cake wrapped in a serviette for the subway. Raven Smith, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2020 Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there’s no foil. Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, 28 July 2017 Still, the Smithsonian is right to to honor this most famous of American serviettes, the Magna Carta of modern Republican economics. Jeet Heer, New Republic, 18 Oct. 2017 Take a serviette and wipe the rim, making sure there’s no foil. Sarah Solomon, Town & Country, 28 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serviette
Noun
  • Star reporters found that the front door was locked, the silverware was wrapped into neat napkins and workers in the restaurant next door had no clue law enforcement had been in the area.
    Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2025
  • The city receives concept plans in various forms – some are closer to napkin sketches, while others look like full-on site development plans.
    Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 29 July 2025
Noun
  • Many designers enjoy shopping for classic white towels at Sam's Club.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 20 July 2025
  • The newest member of the family, Loki, rests on a towel.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • Instead of acting strongly across all tissues, E4 seems to have a selective effect.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 25 July 2025
  • The work, which involved small sample sizes, focused on human muscle tissue, not the tissue or organs of animals that might have been hunted by Neanderthals.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 25 July 2025

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“Serviette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviette. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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