Sentence examples for professional hostess from inspiring English sources

As Elsa Maxwell, the gossip columnist and professional hostess, wrote in her 1954 autobiography, "R.S.V.P.," the "best games are those in which failure is comical rather than embarrassing".

As the marbles return to home base, so Rebecca will return to her duties as professional hostess at the Open Arms and materfamilias of the spectacularly unhappy Davitch clan.

May 24 , 1883Keokuk, Iowa November 1, 1963 New York City, New York Elsa Maxwell, (born May 24 , 1883 Keokuk, Iowa, U.S. died November 1, 1963, New York, New York) American columnist, songwriter, and professional hostess, famous for her lavish and animated parties that feted the high-society and entertainment personalities of her day.

The professional conference hostess is a vanishing breed in the United States, where feminism has left a sterner stamp -- except perhaps at car shows.

SERVICE -- Professional, past the hostess lectern.

Ms. McDermott gives Marie the perfect job: hostess and professional mourner at a funeral parlor, where she will re-encounter dead characters who remain very much alive in her imagination.

The air hostess was very professional and managed to nod and even thank the terrified teen for his suggestion but explained she couldn't speak to the captain at this point.

He plays the professional when one of the hostesses is murdered, but his real talent lies in standing and looking.

She views her as part of "an exotic breed" of professional woman, "all dressed like airline hostesses or television anchorwomen, their faces inscrutably cordial".

A White House wife might easily be a mother, a highly paid professional in her own right and a wifely hostess when the occasion demanded it.

The invitation is written in part by a professional scribe but includes a brief message by the hostess of the party.