How to Use mail carrier in a Sentence

mail carrier

noun
  • Make sure the dog is restrained and out of reach of a mail carrier.
    — Olivia Munson, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2021
  • The dog jumped and startled the mail carrier, then bit her on the forearm.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 19 July 2019
  • The mail carrier took off after him, but the pursuit didn’t last long.
    — NBC News, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Once your bag is full, simply seal it and leave it outside for the mail carrier to pick up.
    — Alessandra Puccio /, NBC News, 13 July 2018
  • If that fails, mail carriers can put their mail satchels between themselves and the dog.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
  • Dogs are said to be man's best friend, but there's many a mail carrier who will tell you otherwise.
    — USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • The roof of the vehicle is tall enough to allow a mail carrier to stand in the back.
    — Matt McFarland, CNN, 20 July 2022
  • Her mother is a mail carrier and her step-father is a truck driver.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Even the mail carrier who delivers to his house gave him a letter.
    — Robert Scheer, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2020
  • Finding a quiet dog toy is like looking for a dog who doesn't bark at the mail carrier.
    — Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Think of it like a mail carrier who relies on maps and addresses to get mail to the right place.
    — Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2021
  • Todd liked collecting cans at the beach and waiting for the mail carrier.
    — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Here is an update to their shameful act of stealing the mail carrier's lunch.
    — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 6 July 2018
  • That would mean no spaces for many residents, lodge guests or even the mail carrier.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Canines and mail carriers have a long-standing feud with each other.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, my mail carrier was able to identify the scent as mesquite wood from the other side of the yard.
    — Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Jan. 2022
  • One was a mail carrier, while a woman was on her way to work in the other vehicle.
    — Fox News, 31 July 2018
  • The mail carrier doesn’t come up to your window and flick postcards in your face, so don’t let your mail client do that to you.
    — WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Put the envelope in your mailbox, give it to your mail carrier or take it to the post office.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • His father was a mail carrier while his mother worked as a homemaker.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026
  • The officer noted that the suspect had been charged with stalking the mail carrier in the past.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2021
  • But the rural mail carrier abides, and so too does the rural post office, the rural mailbox of my youth.
    — Sarah Smarsh, National Geographic, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The mail carrier went to check on the animal and discovered a gruesome scene.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Here is a look at how mail carriers will be impacted by Labor Day this year.
    — Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • After the Games, Johnson worked as a mail carrier and then as a merchant mariner.
    — Tim Arango, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022
  • Then, Groff said, he was forced to choose between his work as a mail carrier and his religious practice.
    — Ann E. Marimow, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Dog owners are asked to keep their pets in a separate room or away from the door, or on a leash, when a mail carrier approaches.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2025
  • To the clerk, to the mail carrier, to your neighbor, your sister, your mom, your spouse, your kid’s teacher, your higher power.
    — Leslie Barker, Dallas News, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Orbegoso said the hospice nurse went to work on papers in her car a block over after leaving the house, when their mail carrier approached her.
    — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • Dianna Burns wrote in the same group that her rent was late in June because her mail carrier didn't pick up her mail for four days.
    — Joel Shannon, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2020

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