How to Use press agent in a Sentence

press agent

noun
  • The press agent Sy Presten is an old hand in the gossip business.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
  • One interview that really hit him hard was with a woman who worked as their press agent.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Shortly afterward, both his mother and his press agent, a close friend, also died.
    — New York Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Pat Newcomb, Monroe's close friend and press agent, said the two had plans to go to the movies the next day.
    — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Is the campaign being masterminded by a press agent, or was that person laid off?
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 10 May 2025
  • An all-powerful New York gossip columnist gives a press agent some dirty work.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • More than just a journalist on the story, Smith was counselor, bodyguard and press agent.
    — Herb Boyd, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Filmmakers need to be strategists, marketers, press agents, and dealmakers.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
  • After the war, Lear pursued a career as a press agent, and moved to Los Angeles to set up shop.
    — Chris Morris, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Early in his career, Shalit worked on the other side of the media industry, serving as press agent for Dick Clark.
    — Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 13 June 2026
  • Just ask Illinois State recruit Tyreek Coleman, who could easily be his teammate’s press agent.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Paul Wasserman, the bearded ironist who is the head press agent for the tour, managed to sneak a handful of visitors into the Garden.
    — Mick Stevens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2021
  • From 1953 until his death, Charlie was known as the dean of old-fashioned South Florida press agents.
    — Steve Rothaus, miamiherald, 11 June 2018
  • Some of Hollywood’s most theatrical scandals were efficiently contained by press agents who nurtured their clout with cops and columnists alike.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 4 June 2026
  • Additionally, platforms like TikTok have allowed creators to present their culture and share recipes without the lens of a press agent.
    — Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Instead, the 17-year-old wed Hughes’ press agent, Pasquale di Cicco, prompting her aunt to cut Gloria out of her will.
    — Ula Ilnytzky, Fortune, 17 June 2019
  • Ten years later the Count was discussing business with his press agent on the corner of Broadway and 51st Street in Manhattan.
    — Larry Tye, TIME, 9 May 2024
  • Like Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, and Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Patel has been his own worse press agent.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The court also affirms that Kesha’s text to Lady Gaga was a defamatory statement, and that Kesha can be held liable for statements made by her lawyer and press agent.
    — Amanda Gordon, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The harsh band meeting – set up with Hoffs, Steele, managers and press agents – that cemented their demise is painstakingly recollected in the book as more of an ambush of the Petersons.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
  • In the end, the reporter came to the conclusion that the one-liners were Monroe’s own, a judgment backed up by an anonymous Fox press agent who had been one of the main liaisons between Monroe and the studio.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Hirschfeld had begun drawing drama-page art for newspapers in the 1920s, thanks to a press agent who spotted his sketching and smartly took it to the New York Herald Tribune.
    — Washington Post, 30 July 2021
  • Lee died Monday of natural causes in her New York apartment, friend and colleague Joshua Ellis, a former Broadway press agent turned minister, announced.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 25 Feb. 2026
  • His press agent, Shelley Saltman, was explaining that the amateurs who compete in the celebrity pro-amateur phase of the tournament will receive the equivalent of $150 in merchandise.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2022

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