Janitor is an English word with synonyms like custodian or keeper. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Janitor meaning
- Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
- A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).
Using Janitor
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building. | Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building. | A caretaker or custodian; someone who maintains a school building specifically and may serve other administrative roles (the term caretaker is also used in Hong Kong, particularly in ESF and independent British schools).
- Useful related words include: custodian, keeper, steward.
- In the example corpus, janitor often appears in combinations such as: as janitor, the janitor, janitor to.
Context around Janitor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Janitor
- In this selection, "janitor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, luck, gym, downtrodden, ambushes, cleaning and pbs stand out and add context to how "janitor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a janitor and a gym janitor pbs 2024. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "janitor" sits close to words such as aficionados, aiadmk and airships, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with janitor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is she a janitor?” said Hopkins. (6 words)
I was working as a janitor. (6 words)
As a janitor, he’s allowed to have excuses. (9 words)
After several minutes of this ad-lib mingling you’ll be trying to figure out what each actor’s role(s) are (is that mousy woman holding a plumber’s helper really “just” a janitor? (35 words)
Jordan, who had been employed as a janitor for the Griffith Centers for Children Chins Up located in Colorado Springs, is currently being held the El Paso County jail on a $60,000 bond. (34 words)
A decade later, Simpson was convicted of armed robbery and other felonies and served nine years in prison, during which he worked as a gym janitor (PBS, 2024). (28 words)
After several minutes of this ad-lib mingling you’ll be trying to figure out what each actor’s role(s) are (is that mousy woman holding a plumber’s helper really “just” a janitor? (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
David follows the janitor to the victims' house and frees the children, but the janitor ambushes him and pushes him off a balcony into a swimming pool.
After several minutes of this ad-lib mingling you’ll be trying to figure out what each actor’s role(s) are (is that mousy woman holding a plumber’s helper really “just” a janitor?
And as he spends time with Lindsey (Thandiwe Newton), an outspoken, down-on-her-luck janitor, she pushes him to pursue what makes him happy.
As a janitor, he’s allowed to have excuses.
Before Violent J turned three, his father had abandoned his mother, leaving her to raise three kids on a janitor’s income.
Being the janitor, I have to mop up all the babby batter all over the booths.
Is she a janitor?” said Hopkins.
Jennifer Cullison, 26, picked up the three bathroom secrets by working as a janitor for two years, and studying a PhD in human behaviour.
Manolong said with the amount involved there is a big possibility that the janitor’s case will be covered by the rules on summary procedure.
Originally working as a janitor at the Rescue Aid Society, Bernard () was spontaneously chosen by Miss Bianca () to be her partner in rescuing a girl named Penny ().
Whether Montañez invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos or not, he certainly did rise from being a janitor to a marketing executive in what is a classic underdog tale.
With his father’s second arrest and the end of what Ghali calls — ill-gotten money — his mother took work as a janitor, cleaning hospitals and houses.
A decade later, Simpson was convicted of armed robbery and other felonies and served nine years in prison, during which he worked as a gym janitor (PBS, 2024).
For the past 31 years she lived as Susanne Schneider, working as a teacher and janitor.
He also earned a paycheck at the Department of Transportation that year as a тАЬfull-timeтАЭ janitor with a base pay listed at $52,347.
I was working as a janitor.
Jordan, who had been employed as a janitor for the Griffith Centers for Children Chins Up located in Colorado Springs, is currently being held the El Paso County jail on a $60,000 bond.
Peter Dinklage stars as downtrodden janitor Winston Gooze who, after falling into a vat of toxic waste, becomes none other than The Toxic Avenger.
Richard Montañez said in a lawsuit that he proposed the idea for Flamin' Hot Cheetos while working as a janitor.
She has thanked her dad Stephen McKeown, the former Port Glasgow High janitor and her mum Ruby for all their support.
Common combinations with janitor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as janitor 16×
- the janitor 13×
- janitor to 5×
- janitor at 5×
- school janitor 5×
- janitor and 4×
- janitor for 3×
- janitor who 3×
- and janitor 2×
- janitor with 2×