salesmen

Example Sentences

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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

Cedric, who sells telephone parts, was one of the few salesmen to have opened their store.

From Barron's • Nov. 3, 2025

Every day, some of L.A.’s poorest residents line up outside the county benefits office in South Central, weaving their way through a swarm of salesmen hawking deals that feel too good to be true.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

Others are being helped by two attentive salesmen.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

The gathering outside the Tribune included businessmen, clerks, traveling salesmen, stenographers, police officers, and at least one barber.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson