How to Use clerk in a Sentence

clerk

1 of 2 noun

• Have the court clerk file your request with the judge.
• He works as a clerk in a local pet store.
• Send a note to news clerk Gege Reed at [e-mail].
  — The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2023
• Gorsuch will have had dozens of clerks by the end of his tenure on the Court.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• The House was made known of the subpoena by the House clerk, who spoke on the floor on Wednesday.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2023
• Sales clerks covered the signature with saran wrap and upped the price.
  — Katia Porzecanski, Fortune, 19 July 2023
• But, the reason for the lengthy trip isn't clingy sales clerks or a struggle to pick the best of a mediocre bunch.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
• The clerk hands him bills from the register, which the robber scoops up then walks out.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
• Soon, his clerk passed out copies hot off the printer to reporters.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
• The suspects then wrapped a chain around the machine and pulled the ATM out of the convenience store, while the clerk stood behind the counter.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 June 2023
• The city clerk said her drop-dead deadline would be the June 26 council meeting.
  — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
• Judge Ho, a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, was seated to the bench in 2017.
  — Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 16 May 2023
• The bulk of the salaries of the people in the courtroom — everyone from the mayor to the clerk — comes from fines and fees collected by the court.
  — Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
• That's when the two first appear to argue, then Fortner-Kelly and Langston go back to talking with the clerk.
  — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
• His father was the director of a brewery, and his mother was a tax clerk.
  — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• Yolanda, a longtime clerk at the St. John’s County Courts, took time off to attend games.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
• One source for these rumors was a gas-station clerk who claimed to have seen Williams a week after his ride with Calkins.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
• The car was reported stolen that spring from a drug store clerk in East Vancouver.
  — Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
• The offices of both the courts and clerks were evacuated, according to Glass.
  — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
• Johnson said she feels cheated and blames the clerk’s staff for giving her bad guidance.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• Then customers and clerks carry on with their business.
  — Kyle Smith, wsj.com, 4 May 2023
• Pete Duncan, the county’s clerk and recorder, said the nonprofit has no say in how the county runs the 2024 election.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• The justices and their clerks will be poring through these records and drawing their own conclusions.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
• The hotel clerk asked the couple what their situation was.
  — David Hall, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2023
• Speed provided his driver’s license to the store clerk.
  — Cesar G Rodriguez, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
• To date, at least 37 teens have registered, according to the town clerk’s office.
  — Lisa Rathke, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
• The clerk will give you a case number, assign a judge or magistrate and give you a hearing date notice.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2023
• Then one of them allegedly took out a gun and ordered the clerk to empty his register.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
• The judge has not dismissed this case, but according to the deputy clerk of the court, no date has been scheduled for another hearing.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
• The clerks from all 19 counties that use the county line ballot design are named as defendants.
  — Katie Sobko, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024

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clerk

2 of 2 verb

• Kavanaugh clerked for Kennedy in 1993 and remains close to the justice.
  — Michael Kranish and Ann E. Marimow, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
• The sales clerk behind the counter may not always offer the best advice.
  — Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2020
• Reach Features clerk Gege Reed at [e-mail].
  — The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2019
• The fact that Kavanaugh clerked for Kennedy probably won't help on that front.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 5 July 2018
• Once one of Rehnquist's law clerks at the high court, Roberts could be juggling the same two jobs as his former boss soon.
  — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 29 May 2019
• The general counsels of both Apple and Facebook once clerked at the high court.
  — James Warren, The Hive, 13 Dec. 2017
• The ballots and scanned ballot images are in the custody of the county courts clerk and are kept under seal.
  — Kate Brumback, ajc, 21 June 2021
• Sneak soon joined the legion of Gramaphone employees who clerked by day, and spun at clubs by night.
  — Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• Jimmy also knows from the gas station clerk that Michael was there and erased the surveillance footage.
  — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2021
• Four of them clerked for the Supreme Court's most conservative justice, Clarence Thomas.
  — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 6 May 2018
• Like Kavanaugh, 51-year-old Kethledge clerked for Kennedy.
  — CBS News, 9 July 2018
• Deputy Clerk Kathy Strube has taken on all clerking duties for now.
  — Brittany Seemuth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2017
• Hostin clerked for a Maryland state judge whose proceedings were filmed.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2019
• Special Forces turned records clerk, turned companion on the journey to health and justice.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020
• In order for the bond to go on the ballot, the ballot wording must be certified by the city and county clerks no later than Dec. 17.
  — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2019
• Nine of them went on to clerk at the Supreme Court, according to statistics compiled by his former clerks.
  — Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022
• Kethledge, who clerked for Kennedy at the Supreme Court 20 years ago, also was a contender last year for the open seat that went to Gorsuch and is among the favorites this time around.
  — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, 28 June 2018
• Only one, Kim Jackson, clerked for him before his appointment to the court.
  — Fox News, 9 June 2019
• The former law clerks attribute this to the court's collegial character.
  — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2020
• But Kennedy scheduled his reunion of law clerks a year earlier than usual, on the last weekend in June.
  — Mark Sherman, The Seattle Times, 4 May 2017
• The law clerks for federal judges are the best and brightest graduates of American law school.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 27 Sep. 2018
• The law clerks for federal judges are the best and brightest graduates of American law schools.
  — Alvin Chang, Vox, 28 Sep. 2018
• Two of the reported finalists for his seat, Kavanaugh and Kethledge, once clerked for Kennedy.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2018
• Judges don’t make policy.’’ Thirty-three lawyers clerked for him during his years as a judge and many remained friends.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• The Columbus Days Inn clerk who escaped her attacker described him as about 6 feet tall with greasy hair and a beard spotted with gray.
  — Staff, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2022
• Spera is currently clerking for a federal judge in New York.
  — Clara Spera, Glamour, 4 May 2018
• More than 40 of his law clerks have later clerked on the Supreme Court, working for justices across the ideological divide.
  — Author: Greg Stohr and Andrew Harris, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2018
• The situation began when the girl made concerning statements to a gas station clerk around 7 a.m.
  — David Harris, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2020
• Former law clerks to the justice will serve as honorary pallbearers as his casket arrives at the Supreme Court for viewing by the public.
  — CBS News, 22 July 2019
• The capper that The Gang's actual move is to storm past the confused robber and clerk with their arms stuffed with looted snack food brings us back to Philly with a satisfying and inevitable thud.
  — Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2022

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