salesman

Example Sentences

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“Aren’t you trying to support local business or something?” the salesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

El Pollo Loco traces its history to the 1970s in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico, where it was started by shoe salesman Pancho Ochoa using his family’s citrus-marinated chicken recipe.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Mehdi, a 58-year-old salesman believes the opposite, saying that "the Americans are bluffing" and that "the negotiations will be 100% successful".

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“Oh, thet. I jest made her up—like a good salesman makes up thet somebody else is waitin’ with the money if'n you don’t take what he’s sellin’.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns