cleaning woman
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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She was a cleaning woman at Duke University and she was of that generation of Black Americans whose occupation all too often belied both their ambition and their abilities.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022
In "The Anatomy Lesson," we meet a cleaning woman, Olivia, described as "a small, bottom-heavy, earthbound stranger, the color of bittersweet chocolate."
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2021
His mother, Effie, occasionally got work as a cleaning woman.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2020
Hoping to create a better life for herself and her son, a cleaning woman starts a crime-scene-cleanup business with her unreliable sister.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2020
Only when the cleaning woman was still unwilling to depart, did they look up angrily.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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