How to Use salesman in a Sentence

salesman

noun
  • He was the company's best salesman last year.
  • Scams evolved from the snake oil salesman at the door to mail to email.
    Vijay Pande, Fortune, 13 June 2023
  • The house in Fort Worth, Texas, where a door-to-door salesman was shot.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The door-to-door salesman shows where a bullet hit his tablet.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • While Rock’s star was on the rise, Hart was working as a shoe salesman.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But as in the movie, Elvis becomes subsumed by the salesman.
    Vogue, 29 May 2022
  • Wheel of Fortune is ready to take a new vowel salesman for a spin.
    Vulture, 27 June 2023
  • It’s not so great for Al, but worse for the accordion salesman.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2022
  • His father was a salesman; his mother worked on the farm.
    Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
  • The software salesman has worked hard in his career and even just bought his very first house.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • Tim Allen plays a toy salesman who, through a wacky turn of events, winds up taking up the reins as the next Santa Claus.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 4 Oct. 2022
  • But the son of a used car salesman had bigger ambitions.
    Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The Ram Temple was only the beginning, said the 27-year-old tire salesman.
    Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Shallow people focus instead on style, and on the glib talk of the snake oil salesman.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2024
  • My mom was an ER nurse, and my dad was an insurance salesman.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Nordstrom was promoted to shoe salesman at the age of 14.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 22 May 2024
  • The 27-year-old software salesman is ready to skip the small talk and dive into the deep chats, according to Netflix.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In another teaser, Sheeran took on the role of a mulch and baked beans salesman.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The salesman seems to love golf (and the outdoors in general), based on his Instagram.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • When an accordion salesman (Thomas Lennon) stops by the house, Nick beats him almost to death.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2022
  • But does biohacking work, or is Nguyen just a wellness snake-oil salesman for the 1%?
    Longreads, 31 Aug. 2022
  • As Cliff himself sees it, the key to being a good salesman is keeping one’s story straight.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 June 2023
  • But a salesman for the company confirmed that both of those products are still for sale, too.
    Nicholas Florko and Elissa Welle, STAT, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Eventually, his stores were among the first to hire Black salesmen.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 9 May 2024
  • In the 90-second livestream, Mr. Jaiswal, who worked as a liquor salesman, is shown wearing a yellow sweater.
    Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Hampton, Hall, and Cruce are already there, along with two car salesmen who served on the country’s elections board and a dog.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The software salesman from San Diego is sent packing during the hometown dates next week.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 27 July 2023
  • Hartley was born in Colne, England, in 1878, the son of an insurance salesman.
    People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The previous day was his first full day at his new job as a solar panel salesman.
    Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The father of two and grandfather to five young grandchildren retired from his job as a car salesman after his heart attack.
    Susan Young, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024

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