salesmen

Example Sentences

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Blue Owl’s future will depend on whether Ostrover and Lipschultz, two of Wall Street’s smoothest salesmen, can assuage concerns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 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

A 1793 cartoon designed to imitate The Bum Shop called Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop shows two salesmen attending women who are shopping for tummy pads.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

“Door-to-door salesmen no longer harass me, ” Hannibal said.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner