How do you use the word "guest" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "guest": She was pleased to be treated as a guest. The maid announced each guest.

Guest Meaning

/ɡɛst/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA recipient of hospitality, especially someone staying by invitation at the house of another.

nounA patron or customer in a hotel etc.

Sentence Examples

She was pleased to be treated as a guest.

The maid announced each guest.

He was a guest speaker at the conference.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The hotel manager greeted the ____ at the front desk upon arrival.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The hotel staff worked very hard to ensure that every ____ felt welcome and comfortable during their entire stay.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English gest, from Old Norse gestr, which replaced or was merged with Old English ġiest, both from Proto-Germanic *gastiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰóstis (“stranger, guest, host, someone with whom one has reciprocal duties of hospitality”). Cognate with Bavarian Gåst (“guest”), Dutch gast (“guest”), German Gast (“guest”), Luxembourgish Gaascht (“guest”), Vilamovian gost (“guest”), Yiddish גאַסט (gast, “guest”), Danish gæst (“guest, visitor”), Faroese, Icelandic gestur (“guest”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk gjest (“guest”), Swedish gäst (“guest”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍃 (gasts, “guest”). Doublet of host, from Latin.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

"During the '60s, he guested as off-beat characters on TV shows like "The Asphalt Jungle," "Bus Stop," and "The Detectives."" — 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 254:

"Jimmy Fallon’s Trump impression struggled to match up to the real thing when Trump guested on his show." — 2016 May 23, David Sims, “Where 'Saturday Night Live' Failed This Season”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 12 Dec 2025:

"Oldest son Trey, from Will's first marriage, paved the way for his sibling's stardom when he guested on his dad's hit rap album, Big Willie Style, lending some precocious dialogue to the beginning of "Just the Two of Us" and starring in the accompanying music video:" — 2010 September 9, Kevin Fallon, “Will Smith's 9-Year-Old Daughter Gets Record Deal”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 12 Dec 2025:

"Two Angels sent Two Heav'nly Scowts the Lord to Sodom sent ; downe , received and guested" — 1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson […]], published 1611, →OCLC:

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