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How to use maid in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Maid means a girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden. Example: “There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.”

Examples of maid by meaning

verbTo serve as lady's maid to, to wait upon.

  • And as she did so there came to her a comfortable recollection, an incident of her long-past youth, in the days when she, then Ellen Green, had maided a dear old lady.1913, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, The Lodger

More sentences with maid

  • There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.From the entry servant
  • There was once a knight who wooed a fair young maid.From the entry fair
  • A live-in maid is a true luxury, but even a maid once a week is great.From the entry live-in
  • The butler turned off that foolish maid.From the entry turn off
  • John's a maid fetishist. Maid outfits really turn him on.From the entry turn on
  • My grandmother told me how she used to work as a maid, and was paid £3 a week all found.From the entry all found
  • The maid scrubbed down the floor.From the entry scrub down
  • A bride is making unreasonable demands of her wedding party and the maid of honor might quit?2024 June 21, Jason P. Frank, “Who Else Needs to Work It Out on a Remix?”, in Vulture. From the entry slay
  • It wasn’t something she discussed with anybody, least of all the maids.2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 293. From the entry masturbate
  • Part of a Mascot’s role is to function as a maid, after all.2020 August, Asato Asato [pseudonym; Toru Asakura], translated by Roman Lempert, “Deaf to the Songbirds’ Lament”, in 86—Eighty-Six, volume…. From the entry clothing iron
  • 'Our maid Doris canoodles with the postman when he comes round.' Agnes pulled a face.2014, Lizzie Lane, chapter 2, in Home for Christmas (Magna Large Print Books), Long Preston, North Yorkshire: Ebury Press, published 2015…. From the entry canoodle
  • She'snot got the looks for a lady's maid, nor ever will, I vow.” She grinned at Elizabeth.2014, Judith E. French, Lovestorm. From the entry fluttersome
  • I have already told you I don’t want a bride’s maid.2013 February 7, Ree Collins, Lies Deceit and an Innocent Man, iUniverse, page 269. From the entry bride's maid
  • The maids said she was crazy with pain, and perhaps too far gone to even think properly.2012, Andrew Drilon, “Two Women Worth Watching”, in Charles Tan, editor, Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology, Maple…. From the entry ama
  • Carmen was maid of honor and Laura was a bride’s maid.2012 January 13, Carolyn Robinson Sommers, Betrayed by Destiny, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 357. From the entry bride's maid
  • Zilpah, Leah's maid, mothered two sons for Jacob, Gad and Asher.2010, Lynette Joseph-Bani, The Biblical Journey of Slavery: From Egypt to the Americas, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry mother
  • As her maid of honor (MOH), Lisa N. was a true champ.2009 March, Liz Razin, “Stage II: Diagnosis”, in She's Gone Bridal!: A 9-Step Program for Dealing with Your Bride from Hell, Citadel…. From the entry princessness
  • The protagonist here is a faithful, skilled and courteous maid from the old English society.2008, Memedi, "Loyal helper", Malaysia Star, 9 November 2008. From the entry meido
  • Décor featured a centerpiece at the old maid's party—the old maid flower, a zinnia.2006, Anne Hart, 102 Ways to Apply Career Training in Family History/Genealogy, →ISBN. From the entry old maid
  • A maid passed her the gold thali with a lamp and kumkum and turmeric powder in it.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 197. From the entry kumkum
  • You should not act as if a housekeeper is your personal maid.1983, Working woman, volume 8, numbers 7-12, page 194. From the entry prediscussed
  • Gone is the obese Great Goddess; come is the sleek young maid, the Queen of Heaven.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London…. From the entry Great Goddess
  • Now he did things that cooks and maids had once done.1970, Saul Bellow, chapter 1, in Mr. Sammler’s Planet, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, published 1971, page 11. From the entry unacquainted
  • Miss Constance Marie Haag was her sister’s maid of honor, and Mrs.1966 October 2, “Miss Tracey Haag Is Married in South”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC. From the entry Emilian
  • Miss Kathryn Rosania was the maid of honor, and Douglas Finch the best man.1965 December 12, “Victoria Windsor Wed to Victoria Windsor Wed l To Eri! Dutton Savag”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry Rosania
  • There was nothing to do except for Mom to go back slaving away as somebody's maid.1956, Billie Holiday et al., Lady Sings the Blues, page 26. From the entry loot
  • His maid has black and I guess he thrives on variety.1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 342. From the entry yen
  • A bedroom is provided for each of two ladies-in-waiting, and a separate compartment for the maid.1947 January and February, “South African Royal Train”, in Railway Magazine, page 47. From the entry lady-in-waiting
  • He sometimes pinches the maids till their arms are as many colours as a mackerel’s back.1926, Hope Mirrlees, chapter 6, in Lud-in-the-Mist, London: Millennium, published 2000, page 68. From the entry mackerel
  • A maid stood at the door, ready to receive him and his suit-case from the chauffeur.1923, Warwick Deeping, “John Stretton”, in The Secret Sanctuary (The Scherz Phoenix Books), Berne: Alfred Scherz Publishers, published…. From the entry suit-case
  • The maid, setting down the suit-case, took Beal’s hat, scarf and coat.1923, Warwick Deeping, “John Stretton”, in The Secret Sanctuary (The Scherz Phoenix Books), Berne: Alfred Scherz Publishers, published…. From the entry suit-case
  • Sallie Adele Pendleton, the maid of honor wore pink satin covered with georgette, and the bridesmatrons, Mrs.1920, The Independent, volume 43, page 6. From the entry bridesmatron
  • O that tis not the fashion in France For the maids to kissle before they are married.1908, William Shakespeare, Ernest Roman, King Henry V.. From the entry kissle
  • The two heiresses-apparent to the throne had thus become “old maids.”1907, Richard Davey, “Round and About Stambul”, in The Sultan and His Subjects, new edition, London: Chatto & Windus, page 456. From the entry heiress-apparent
  • While introduction is being played the little maid rubs her eyes and looks about, soon spying dandelions.1906, Hints, page 12. From the entry catch step
  • A wonnerful bowerly maid her was, an’ a towser for work, an’ ’mazin’ even-tempered tu.1901, Eden Phillpotts, “Told to Chaplain”, in The Striking Hours, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 222. From the entry towser
  • When he brought the tea, he had put a maid of honour tart on a little plate for her too.2021, Poppy Alexander, chapter 26, in The 12 Days of Christmas, London: Orion Fiction, →ISBN. From the entry maid of honour tart
  • Heathcote to say a great deal about the advantages of taking their own two capital maids of allwork with them.2016, Frances Milton Trollope, Delphi Collected Works of Frances Trollope. From the entry allwork
  • I had seen maids manipulate submaids, chefs manipulate sous chefs.2016, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Palace of Lies, page 113. From the entry submaid

Meaning of maid

  1. noun A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.
  2. noun An adult or adolescent female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant). (In feudal times this could be anyone from a high-ranking assistant to a low-ranking cleaner.).
  3. noun A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.

Full definition of maid

Questions about maid in a sentence

How do you use maid in a sentence?
Maid is used as a noun and verb. For example: “There are three servants in the household, the butler and two maids.”
What is a short sentence with maid?
“The maid scrubbed down the floor.”
What does maid mean?
Maid means a girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.

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