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 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

He is not a natural salesman and has little interest in manufactured theatre.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Electric motorbike salesman Ashraful Alam said his Atlas showroom in Dhaka has sold six since opening last week.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 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