How to Use bellman in a Sentence
bellman
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As the two men struggled, the girls ran to the front desk for help, and a bellman, Geshuane Clarke, 27, hurried to the room.
—Michael Wilson, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2019
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So said the Moon Palace bellman who helped me to my room on arrival.
—Baz Dreisinger, Forbes, 15 July 2022
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What is the standard tip for a bellman, room service or valet?
—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
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Uncle Robert West was a bellman at a top hotel in town.
—Marc Myers, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2020
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Bellagio bellman Greg Barlow went back to work at 7 a.m. for the first time since March.
—Julia Thompson, USA TODAY, 4 June 2020
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Rest assured, the bellman is not sticking a cotton tip up your nose.
—Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
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The guns were discovered by a bellman who carried the heavy tennis bag containing the weapons to the man’s room.
—Gabrielle Russon, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2020
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There is no Aspen-like A-frame lodge, nor a half-moon driveway where the bellman will meet you with a luggage trolley.
—Candice Rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018
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Built in 1950, the place oozed elegance with top-hat bellman and balconies with sweeping views.
—Marlise Kast-Myers, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 July 2017
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Monteith drove guests to scenic float trips on the nearby Snake River, and later worked as a bellman.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
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Her husband, Richard, worked as a bellman at the Hotel Portland downtown.
—oregonlive, 7 Feb. 2022
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In sum, here's the short list: the doorman, bellman, valet, food and beverage staff, shuttle drivers, housekeepers, and concierge staff.
—Jennifer Lance, Glamour, 12 Dec. 2018
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What about taxi drivers, doormen, hotel valets and bellmen?
—Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2017
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One arrives in one’s hotel room sweaty and confused, tormenting over the bellman’s tip, and feels almost obliged to rush out and see either the Louvre or Notre-Dame.
—Jay McInerney, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2019
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The show began on a retro note, with an actor dressed as bellman placing a dusty old copy of Hotel California on a turntable and placing a needle on the vinyl.
—Dallas News, 1 Mar. 2020
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His grandfather was a bellman at the Ahwahnee, now known as the Majestic Yosemite Hotel, and his grandmother was a store clerk.
—Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2018
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Housekeepers, cooks, bellmen, banquet servers, and front desk agents at the Battery Wharf Hotel went on strike Thursday morning.
—USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2019
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The 52-year-old Brit, who has spent a career looking after rock stars and A-list actors, left home at the age of 15 and started working as a bellman in a hotel in Worcestershire, England.
—Fortune, 5 Mar. 2022
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Imagine a hotel where, upon entry, instead of being greeted by a bellman, cops strip-searched you.
—Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 14 Apr. 2017
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At the front desk, a receptionist offers us hot apple cider spiked with rum, and a few minutes later a bellman in a stylish Stio jacket delivers our gear to our room.
—Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
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The union represents bartenders, guest room attendants, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks and kitchen workers at 34 casino-resorts around town.
—Spud Hilton, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 May 2018
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The hotel staff now sports masks, white gloves, and buttons with their pictures for a dose of humanity—and all luggage is disinfected before the bellman delivers it to the room.
—Jenna Scatena, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2020
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Here, skiers are warmly welcomed — every bellman I met asked about the ski conditions — and a free shuttle to Petoskey’s historic Gaslight District, just shy of four miles away, encourages guests to explore.
—Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2017
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Importantly, the bellman received a whopping tip and a note of recommendation from me.
—John Evans, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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Sometimes they’re never seen again, in which case Emma dispatches a bellman to purchase new coverings, drawing on the hotel’s coffers, no matter the price.
—Time, Time, 16 Aug. 2017
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The strikers are from Unite Here Local 11, representing cooks, dishwashers, servers, room attendants, bellmen, and front desk agents.
—Catherine Garcia, The Week, 3 July 2023
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And though guests are not supposed to use service elevators, the suit maintains, hotel bellmen helped Paddock take several loads of luggage up to his suites, six times over the next several days.
—Michael Kiefer, azcentral, 28 June 2018
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The latest strike would mean losing workers with roles critical to making a casino-hotel run: bartenders, housekeepers, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks and other kitchen workers.
—Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, 23 May 2018
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The Resort at Paws Up, which remained open this spring, offers private transfers from the airport, including the option of leaving a Lexus along with directions to the resort or being led by a bellman in a separate vehicle.
—Jill K. Robinson, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2020
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Bartenders, housekeepers, cocktail and food servers, porters, bellmen, cooks and other kitchen workers employed at 34 properties were eligible to vote.
—Washington Post, 22 May 2018
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