salesman

Example Sentences

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A retired salesman once told me that sales is like fishing—you wait patiently for the right moment.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

A retired salesman once told me that sales is like fishing — you wait patiently for the right moment.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

The son of a bartender and a liquor salesman, he was raised in Portland, Ore. — which he and his family still called home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

In 2007, a former Orleans Parish School Board president pleaded guilty to taking some $140,000 in kickbacks from a JRL salesman in return for purchasing $14 million in I CAN Learn contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“Let’s say we put the ostrich on a thirty-month contract,” the salesman said.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick