Sentence examples for passing waiter from inspiring English sources

A passing waiter stopped.

Are desserts made here, we asked a passing waiter.

He whispered something to a passing waiter, who returned almost instantly with a leather-bound burgundy tome.

Ricard beckons me to sit with him, gives orders for drinks to a passing waiter, and points out celebrities as they go by.

The familiar Bronx growl bounces gently around the room, just loud enough to attract the attention of a passing waiter, who flits back and forth, peeping at Pacino.

She orders hot water and honey from a passing waiter, explaining: "My voice went recently, never happened before, off like a tap".

This is done by banging the tables with your fists and yelling "Sumimasen!" to get passing waiters' attention.

Upstairs is altogether more Roman, with wines filling high wooden shelves and rickety wooden tables being congenially shoved back and forth by passing waiters as they struggle to hitch bottles down for clients; even better, a few outside tables give a front-row view of neighbourhood life on Testaccio's market square.

After a while, Mr. Fierstein, who had been in the audience for Mr. McKean's opening that night, led us to a spot near the kitchen, a better position from which to snatch hors d'oeuvres from the trays of passing waiters.

– Glenn Collins Food Arts: Good service made easy: six phrases that should not pass a waiter's lips, according to an industry consultant.

After two centuries had passed, the waiter finally handed them the bill.