salesmen

Example Sentences

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Back in 1879, those clerks and salesmen and their wives who frequented bucket shops understood they were operating outside the bounds of Wall Street.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Little wonder, then, that many patients preferred the services of women healers, or would take a risk on “quacks”—traveling salesmen selling ointments from town to town—rather than risk a visit to a hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Others are being helped by two attentive salesmen.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

But now he's had to let three salesmen go.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

And of course, the salesmen, whether it be kids selling candy or dudes moving DVDs, one for five, three for ten.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds