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How to use the word salesman in a Sentence?

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He’s just always been a fraud to me. … From day one, he’s always been a used car salesman. – Keyshawn Johnson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He's not a naturally gifted salesman, in order to be a transformational president, he first has to be a restorational one. – Douglas Brinkley	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Mr. Trump, I've known you for 30 years, you may be a slick salesman who fooled many people in this country. But you didn't fool me. – Governor Cuomo	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's easy to do because you don't feel like you're selling something, when you knock on doors you have nothing to be ashamed of, it's not like your a used car salesman, because you know you're right on all the issues. – Rod Sanders	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
About a quarter through it I thought, 'You know – he's selling a bill of goods like a snake oil salesman. We cannot let this ... stand. So ... I started to stack my papers in a way that were tear-able. – Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
If there is one thing Donald Trump can do well, it's label and isolate a message that is memorable. He's a salesman, he's trying to create this corruption, D.C. insider storyline about Biden. – Joel Payne	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
A Salesman sees a commission. – James R. Cook	added by anonymous 5 years ago
This guy is a salesman. – Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Everyone is reporting up, every store, every salesman, every distributor, people are more aware of the need to protect themselves. – Ray Peters	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The salesman kept addressing only my husband, even though I was the one asking the questions and had made it clear from the start that it was me buying a car with my own money for me to drive. – Jessica Harris	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I was always looking to be entertained. We lead such full lives and a lot of us don't lead very pleasant lives and don't like what we do... My dad worked his whole life as a salesman and that wasn't what he really wanted to do. He looked forward to two weeks vacation every year and he used to say to me, 'Whatever you do, make sure you do something you really like so you don't just have your vacation to look forward to.' And I love movies. – Jerry Bruckheimer	added by anonymous 9 years ago
Nobody dast blame this man. For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back -- that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory. – Arthur Miller	added by anonymous 10 years ago
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman? – Woody Allen	added by anonymous 13 years ago
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman – Woody Allen	added by anonymous 14 years ago
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman. – David M. Ogilvy	added by anonymous 14 years ago

He’s just always been a fraud to me. … From day one, he’s always been a used car salesman.

– Keyshawn Johnson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He's not a naturally gifted salesman, in order to be a transformational president, he first has to be a restorational one.

– Douglas Brinkley

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Mr. Trump, I've known you for 30 years, you may be a slick salesman who fooled many people in this country. But you didn't fool me.

– Governor Cuomo

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's easy to do because you don't feel like you're selling something, when you knock on doors you have nothing to be ashamed of, it's not like your a used car salesman, because you know you're right on all the issues.

– Rod Sanders

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

About a quarter through it I thought, 'You know – he's selling a bill of goods like a snake oil salesman. We cannot let this ... stand. So ... I started to stack my papers in a way that were tear-able.

– Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If there is one thing Donald Trump can do well, it's label and isolate a message that is memorable. He's a salesman, he's trying to create this corruption, D.C. insider storyline about Biden.

– Joel Payne

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

A Salesman sees a commission.

– James R. Cook

added by anonymous
5 years ago

This guy is a salesman.

– Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Everyone is reporting up, every store, every salesman, every distributor, people are more aware of the need to protect themselves.

– Ray Peters

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The salesman kept addressing only my husband, even though I was the one asking the questions and had made it clear from the start that it was me buying a car with my own money for me to drive.

– Jessica Harris

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I was always looking to be entertained. We lead such full lives and a lot of us don't lead very pleasant lives and don't like what we do... My dad worked his whole life as a salesman and that wasn't what he really wanted to do. He looked forward to two weeks vacation every year and he used to say to me, 'Whatever you do, make sure you do something you really like so you don't just have your vacation to look forward to.' And I love movies.

– Jerry Bruckheimer

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Nobody dast blame this man. For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to the life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you the law or give you medicine. He's a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back -- that's an earthquake. And then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you're finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory.

– Arthur Miller

added by anonymous
10 years ago

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?

– Woody Allen

added by anonymous
13 years ago

There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman

– Woody Allen

added by anonymous
14 years ago

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman.

– David M. Ogilvy

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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