salesman

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The former, which Miller once considered calling “The Inside of His Head,” is fluidly constructed, playing fast and loose with time as it tracks the disintegrating mental life of down-and-out salesman Willy Loman.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“Aren’t you trying to support local business or something?” the salesman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Or as my father, the car salesman, would describe it, “they were negotiating.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

"It rained a lot, the riverbank collapsed even further, and civil defense called us to evacuate," Luiz Otavio Souza, a 35-year-old salesman who had to leave his home and whose nephew is missing, told AFP.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Lippmann wasn’t even a bond salesman; he was a bond trader who might be expected to be long these very same subprime mortgage bonds.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis