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Example sentences for "janitors"

Lexicographically close words:
jangled; jangling; janissaries; janissary; janitor; janitress; janizaries; janizary; jantleman; japanned
  1. Your female superintendents live with the drivers, janitors and policemen, while we are put in a cell if we happen to laugh or joke a little among ourselves.

  2. Janitors were watering the streets with rubber hose.

  3. Most of the voters of the district are the janitors of the big office buildings on lower Broadway and their helpers.

  4. These janitors are the most dignified and haughtiest of men.

  5. In the ordinary New York flat house janitors are engaged on terms that attract only people who can find no other means of obtaining shelter and support.

  6. But, alas, by spring every thing was out of order from the electric bell at the entrance to the clothes-lines on the roof, while janitors came and went like Punch and Judy figures.

  7. Of these the janitors merely popped out their heads--frowsy heads, most of them--and gave the number of rooms and the price in a breath of defiance and mixed ale.

  8. Practically the West Indian janitors to whom is left the enforcement of this rule are nothing if not fallible.

  9. Two negro janitors dawdle about the building, but they, too, leave it for two hours at mid-day.

  10. In several instances, janitors do police duty, being invested with the star of authority; and in one case the librarian, who openly confesses to a lack of sentiment in the matter, calls upon the janitor to thrash the offender!

  11. The branches which have guards have less difficulty in discipline, otherwise in some of the crowded districts the janitors and police are occasionally called in.

  12. As the footsteps came nearer the waiting lads saw one of the janitors on his rounds.

  13. Did any of the monitors or janitors see anyone go in?

  14. Of course there were forbidden little feasts in the various rooms to mark the close of the term--spreads to which monitors, janitors and professors discreetly closed their eyes.

  15. It was on account of this, which was picked up by one of the janitors in front of the statue, when he discovered its fallen position this morning.

  16. One of the janitors who had to arise early to attend to his duties promised to see that the missive got off on the first morning mail.

  17. The several janitors gave them all the aid they could, but the boys did most of the work, after they were told just how to do it.

  18. One of the janitors had once been a builder, and he offered to show the boys how to do the work properly, so that it would be safe.

  19. The janitors were sent for, to remain on guard and place boards over the hole in the floor.

  20. She paused, reflecting whether she should hazard a statement which she had overheard among other things in the conversation of her janitors at the lonely house near Twickenham.

  21. A snowball rolling uphill toward God and gathering furious dimensions, it has escaped the shrewd janitors of orthodoxy who from age to age were able to keep it within bounds.

  22. Have you ever tried to stimulate the pride of janitors and cleaners for social service?

  23. What effort is made to instruct janitors and cleaners by your school trustees or by your community?

  24. Have you explained to pupils the important responsibility of janitors for the health of those in the tenements, office buildings, or schools?

  25. The folding chairs introduced into the ball room by the corps of janitors were occupied.

  26. A corps of janitors had been active for two days introducing folding chairs, cuspidors, tables and wastebaskets.

  27. The corps of janitors had underestimated the extent of the public enthusiasm.

  28. Looking again at the census, we see that 129 out of every thousand janitors and sextons are colored.

  29. As soon, therefore, as their janitors were out of hearing, they set to work again with the rusty old file, which by this time had lost much of its rust and had begun to bite keenly.

  30. To do the janitors justice, however, I must here say that it was not intended to punish the lads further than by letting them spend the night in the lock-up, in the hope that this might teach them a severe lesson.

  31. For some time I have suspected that there was collusion between janitors and agents.

  32. In basements where waste is kept, janitors should accumulate oily and greasy waste.

  33. Workers Should be careless with refuse and janitors should be inefficient in cleaning.

  34. The signal for the janitors or fire makers shall be rung at 5:40 a.

  35. The janitors must see that the kindling has been provided in the evening; rise promptly at the call of the janitor's signal; and have the fires in the sitting rooms and chapel burning in good shape, before the ringing of the rising bell.

  36. The fire was effectually scattered by the explosion and what little remained was quickly extinguished by the janitors with pails of water, and one hose line.

  37. And the cadets seemed to be the only ones capable of handling the situation, for the janitors had completely lost their heads and were so confused that they could not obey the simplest order.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "janitors" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.