salesmen

Example Sentences

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"We joke about basically being travelling T-shirt salesmen," singer Patrick Turner says.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

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

In “Glengarry Glen Ross,” a group of real-estate salesmen is pushed to compete fiercely after their new, no-nonsense boss raises the stakes of their monthly sales contest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Others are being helped by two attentive salesmen.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

We had, for instance, some civil servants, some nurses, clerical workers, salesmen from the department stores.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey