salesman

Example Sentences

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That’s around the time he hired his brother — who was seven years younger and a salesman — as his assistant.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

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

The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

On March 19 his salesman at Citigroup sent him, for the first time, serious analysis on a pool of mortgages.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis