traveling salesman
Example Sentences
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The daughter of a traveling salesman, Flores grew up modestly in the cinder block hills of Catia, a hardscrabble district of western Caracas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
Rowlands and Cassavetes teamed up for the first time in 1955’s “Time for Love,” she playing a humble small-town girl, he a traveling salesman who sweeps her off her feet.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024
At its heart is Jack, a traveling salesman played by Billy Crudup who sells condos on the moon — sorry, “lunar residencies” — to those disappointed with life on Earth.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023
Her father, Floyd, worked as a traveling salesman, and her mother, Noreen, was a volunteer at a U.S.
From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2023
Aureliano Segundo was so enthusiastic over the progress of his daughter that from a traveling salesman he bought a six-volume English encyclopedia with many color prints which Meme read in her spare time.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
