How to Use butler in a Sentence

butler

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  • In the kitchen, there’s a large butler’s pantry with storage and prep space.
    — Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Sometimes the butler would even sleep in the pantry to keep the pieces safe from damage or theft.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
  • The gourmet kitchen is equipped with top-of-the-line appliances and a full butler’s kitchen.
    — Dallas Builders Association, Dallas News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Cameron Grimes as a butler has to wear a tuxedo with a bowtie and no dress suit.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • The den connects to the kitchen, which has a center island and a butler’s pantry.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The home also features a wine room and a butler’s pantry.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 4 June 2021
  • Between the kitchen and dining room is a butler’s pantry.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The all-suite hotel offers views of the gulf and the skyline as well as butler service.
    — Jennifer Kester, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • All of the villas come with a butler and private chef, and eight of the pavilions — the ones with the pools — have their own butler.
    — Sarah Khan, Robb Report, 26 June 2023
  • These could be filled during the night by a) the host, or b) the butler, dressed up as Father Christmas.
    — Nancy Mitford, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2023
  • With a half bath and a full bath with a soaking standalone tub, the suite comes with a 24-hour butler service.
    — Allyson Portee, Forbes, 2 May 2023
  • To the left is a hall that goes by a home office or study room that was formerly a butler’s pantry.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Mark Price puts his spin on the butler role played onscreen by Tim Curry.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
  • There’s also a butler (Paul Rhys), who superintends the household with all the warmth of the Grim Reaper.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The butler’s pantry connects the dining room to the kitchen and offers extra storage.
    — Dallas News, 11 June 2022
  • But without a doubt, the toniest perk was having around-the-clock butler service.
    — Katie Chang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The leather case for our TV remote was as delightful to her as our having a round-the-clock butler.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • For more formal meals, the kitchen has direct access to the dining room through a butler’s pantry.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2024
  • The condos come with butler service and access to a five-star restaurant.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • With a posh British accent and peerless aplomb, the white-gloved butler of the Banks household was played by Joseph Marcell.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Upon check-in, guests in top-level suites will meet their butler.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2021
  • When forced to choose between a wine cellar or a butler’s pantry, most yacht owners are likely to give the linen the heave-ho.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2021
  • My residence, like all the others, was staffed by a butler.
    — Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2021
  • The group was dancing and drinking from a case of Dom Perignon or Cristal champagne that the butler had delivered to the room, Shedd said.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2022
  • What is today the kitchen had been three separate rooms: a small kitchen, a butler’s pantry and a full bathroom.
    — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 4 June 2021
  • But best of all, every room has butler service and a stunning sea view.
    — Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2024
  • Call the butler and get out the fine china because Downton Abbey is coming back.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
  • And, of course, all the hotels feature the white-glove butler service that distinguishes Nemacolin’s above-and-beyond attitude.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
  • All rooms and suites feature volcanic stone hydrotherapy tubs, private heated plunge pools, lofty ceilings, 24-hour butler service, and lighted in-wall jellyfish habitats.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 22 Oct. 2024

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