salesman
Example Sentences
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Or be a salesman to understand Jack Lemmon’s desperate drive in “Glengarry Glen Ross.”
His father was a watch salesman who moved the family to Los Angeles when Stein was young.
From Los Angeles Times
Gen. Stewart recalled that when he joined the Marines in 1981, he hoped to be “part of something bigger” after working as a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman and studying history at Western Illinois University.
From Washington Post
Throughout his military service and his years as a salesman, Mr. Hull honed his skills as an actor, taking parts in amateur and community theater.
From New York Times
This door-to-door vacuum salesman’s approach to social media management quickly proved disastrous on nearly every front.
From Los Angeles Times
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