How to Use business card in a Sentence

business card

noun
  • Slap on your local plumber’s business card, and — voilà!
    Rebecca Coffey, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2011
  • Was is respectable enough to go on a business card someday?
    Kim Fusaro, Woman's Day, 28 Mar. 2012
  • Aiken grabs a business card with his campaign logo on the front and starts to sign the back.
    Allison Glock, Esquire, 1 Nov. 2014
  • Out of nowhere, a picture of a business card for Warriors Heart popped up on my newsfeed.
    Leslie Barrie, Woman's Day, 29 Sep. 2016
  • Strangers introduced themselves, asked for his phone number and handed him business cards.
    Pete Thamel, SI.com, 22 June 2016
  • One day, several people parked in front of my house, knocked on my door, and left, without leaving a note or business card.
    Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • There could be some changes in your professional world, so funnel that creativity into your new business cards.
    Catherine O’Neill, Bon Appetit, 31 Aug. 2017
  • These weren’t the same people standing around government balls with a Champagne glass in one hand and a business card in another.
    Henry Grabar, Slate Magazine, 20 Jan. 2017
  • And a lot of text is not readily available in electronic format—menus, brochures, receipts, business cards, class handouts and more.
    Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 8 May 2017
  • Williams had business cards made up calling himself vice president of special operations.
    Benjamin Wallace, HWD, 1 May 2017
  • When Carol asked for the name of the person handling the estate, the friend gave her a business card for a barrister with a London office.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • This colorful bowl from Ruffwear weighs practically nothing (0.6 ounces) and folds down to the size of a business card once your dog has gotten their fill of food or water.
    Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The entrepreneur gave her his business card and later offered her a job at East Resources, his oil and gas exploration and production company.
    Blake Bakkila, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
  • The two talked to the woman and asked for her business card.
    Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2020
  • Come back around the next week and all my business cards are gone.
    Ted Conover, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
  • Get a bunch of business cards made and have them with you at all times.
    Shayne Benowitz, miamiherald, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The young man had taken a business card and had promised to call.
    Allie Conti Desiree Rios, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The card was opened years ago as a business card, but the business has since been closed.
    Liz Weston, oregonlive, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Hold the business card with two hands and use eye contact.
    David Qu, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Their business cards have holes, like Swiss cheese, punched in them.
    Kate Silver, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • As for the business card that Cohen, 46, gave Rossi, 39, at the end of their segment?
    Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
  • There's a place to leave your business cards and find out what's on in the neighborhood.
    Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The business card becomes a way to call out a racist comment.
    Alicia Eler, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
  • And the mattress salesman went and got my dad’s business card and gave it to Cary Grant.
    Malina Saval, Variety, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Clients came to Williams through his business cards, his website and word-of-mouth.
    Marshall Allen, ProPublica, 19 July 2019
  • The content of the business card holder and the key are not important to me.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 21 June 2019
  • Gi-hun chases the recruiter off and seizes the business card from the victim.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Smoke and mirrors used to be printed on the Padres’ business card.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2021
  • One arrived with a picture of the imam’s business card on his phone.
    Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • O’Connor apologized to the deputy and then gave him her business card.
    Melissa Alonso, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022

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