salesman

Example Sentences

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Still, I found myself listening attentively to the warning Miller was issuing about buying into the salesman ethos.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“Wait, is this Delivrd?” one salesman said, suddenly aware he was on speakerphone in front of an audience.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Or as my father, the car salesman, would describe it, “they were negotiating.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Some said war was all but inevitable, while one salesman who gave his name as Mehdi predicted the negotiations would succeed, saying: "The Americans are bluffing."

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Instead, Dasch lied again, telling them he was a salesman for an importer and exporter of goods that had secretly benefited Nazi Germany.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple