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Recent Examples of serviette
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.
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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
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
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These relationship status napkins are the perfect accessory for a set-up cocktail party.—
Hayley Bloomingdale,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2025
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Get your linen tablecloths ready, some cute cocktail napkins, and a dish of flaky sea salt.—
Erin Hooker,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But after June’s torrential rainstorm, the water time seeped past her French glass doors into the house for the first time — her towels and blankets unable to stem the flow.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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Specific foot-strengthening movements might include towel scrunches, banded ankle exercises, and calf raises, Dr. Malek says.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These snakes possess venom potent enough to rapidly immobilize prey and cause severe tissue destruction in humans.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Cedar-apple and cedar-hawthorn rusts create galls — abnormal tissue swellings — on the twigs of infected junipers, whereas cedar-quince does not.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Serviette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serviette. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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