salesman

Example Sentences

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A retired salesman once told me that sales is like fishing—you wait patiently for the right moment.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The son of a bartender and a liquor salesman, he was raised in Portland, Ore. — which he and his family still called home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

Luis Hernandez, a Geely salesman, said he has poached many longtime Ford and Chevrolet owners attracted to the affordable sticker prices and whiz-bang Chinese technology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The incredible double life of a spyware salesman turned spy.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

One day that September, the undercover operative who was pretending to be an insurance salesman stopped at a filling station in Fairfax and struck up a conversation with a woman working there.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann