salesman

Example Sentences

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By contrast, when Franglen composed the music for the Wind Traders - a nomadic clan of salesmen, who travel by airship - he could let his imagination run wild.

From BBC

“He’s a great salesman. I call him P.T. Barnum,” he said.

From Salon

Gehry’s father, Irving, was a salesman and truck driver who had trained as a boxer and moved to Canada from New York, his hometown, as a young man.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. McGuane’s hapless heroes are local politicians, insurance salesmen, small-town lawyers and other workaday hustlers intent on “getting somewhere among people going nowhere.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Naturally anyone can make investment forecasts, and if you want to see rosy scenarios you should just talk to any salesman on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch