How to Use front desk in a Sentence

front desk

noun
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  • Wong and Dart took their instruments to the front desk and asked to check them.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Some of the most popular things here are the cookies at the front desk–guests love them.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Guests can purchase these items at the front desk and learn about what’s right around the corner.
    — Jessica Vadillo, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Leave your shoes at the front desk and your suitcase unopened.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The front desk calls for her, and she is ushered into a room with her mom.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
  • When guests check into The Bellwether, there is no front desk.
    — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 29 May 2024
  • The front desk doubles as the lobby bar, the Peacock Lounge, and is open 24/7 to serve guests cocktails and wine.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Spirits-fans can book a tour to a mezcal palenque, or distillery, through the front desk.
    — Catherine Tansey, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Her son, still in college, oversaw the front desk and the paperwork.
    — Corina Knoll Ben Laffin Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • At the front desk, owner Max Adler welcomes them to OutBox.
    — Jack Lancaster, Men's Health, 6 June 2023
  • Cost is free with library card; books are held for the club at the front desk, or guests can borrow them through the Libby app.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • Caisse checked in at the front desk to see if anyone had seen the couple, but the woman manning it hadn’t seen them all day.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024
  • Dilworth needed to find a way to pursue his art while sitting at the front desk.
    — Samantha Henig, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Behind the front desk in the lobby was a door that led to my father’s art studio, the former ballroom of the Chelsea.
    — Amanda Chemeche, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 June 2023
  • Stepping inside was a bit of a surprise, as the front desk area is, indeed, very small.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 25 July 2023
  • Sign-up is required at the front desk 15 minutes before the event begins.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Luckily there’s a super easy way to tell: Read the guidelines, which, most of the time, are posted at the front desk or on the gym floor.
    — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Because the building footprint is so small, the ground floor is limited to a concierge, front desk and valet stand.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
  • At the front desk, the congressman was asked to wait some 15 minutes before being told the MTA big was not in the building.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • Players must register at the front desk and pay a $5 daily fee.
    — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2024
  • Some people at the bowling alley hid in a locked office and at the front desk, while others fled the building.
    — CBS News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The person contacted the gym and was informed that the Air Pods were located and being held at the front desk.
    — Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • In the coming weeks, her office will install a shatterproof safety film on the glass that shields the front desk.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2024
  • No front desk, no check-in, no checkout, no restaurants, no schedule….
    — Ann Abel, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Hopefully, the front desk will at least have some Excedrin for Psyduck.
    — Vulture, 27 Feb. 2023
  • To the right of the front desk is a throughway that opens up to six small tables; three of them are occupied with games of varying skill levels.
    — Lawrence Burney, Vulture, 5 June 2024
  • One solution for how to do just that: Welcoming guests at the door (okay, the front desk) with a beverage.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 16 July 2024
  • In the beginning, Daniel was a one-man show, working on the cars, answering phones and helping customers at the front desk.
    — First National Bank Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Moments later, a woman exits the bathroom and goes to the front desk while the security guard is seen escorting Mitchell out the hotel.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024
  • There’s a front desk manned with helpful staff members and a lobby bar serving champagne cocktails, but there aren’t many additional amenities.
    — Morgan Goldberg, Architectural Digest, 13 Sep. 2024

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