How to Use salesmanship in a Sentence

salesmanship

noun
  • As in drug dealing, the free taste is the key to good salesmanship.
    — Rich Cohen, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • This is where your salesmanship comes in handy—know your subject inside out.
    — Manish Gupta, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • The pop-up shops of the past were often unattractive and lacked salesmanship.
    — Walter Loeb, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • That knack for salesmanship could translate to the car business.
    — The Economist, 27 Sep. 2017
  • That means there has to be a bit of salesmanship that goes on when players meet with teams behind closed doors.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • That kind of salesmanship has entered the nightlife culture in Goa, as well.
    — Damien Cave, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2023
  • But some of this was also a feature of a sport that doesn’t require salesmanship in most parts of the world.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
  • And both are best known within their industries for their salesmanship.
    — Zachary Mider, Bloomberg.com, 22 July 2017
  • Trump, a newcomer to elective office but an old hand at salesmanship, broke that mold.
    — Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Use your knack for charming others as a form of personal salesmanship.
    — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 17 May 2017
  • Trump is banking on his salesmanship to overcome the bill’s dismal poll numbers.
    — Noah Bierman, latimes.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • As Obamacare slips into the next world, no one should lie awake thinking salesmanship could have saved it.
    — Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 7 Jan. 2017
  • Some of it is aggressive salesmanship.
    — Gregory M. Dickinson, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
  • But all that earnest salesmanship had just made beans seem unappetizing.
    — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Of course, the car was impounded, but your salesmanship succeeded.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2025
  • What does his impressive salesmanship mean for India, the region, and the world?
    — Ravi Agrawal, CNN, 6 July 2017
  • Again, Kirby says the salesmanship outstrips the science here.
    — Outside Online, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Much of an agent’s time is spent engaging in some form of salesmanship or customer service to a fickle and unsure client base.
    — Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • At 41, Manning is done with football (on the field, at least) but likely has years of salesmanship to go.
    — Jenny Green, Indianapolis Star, 5 Oct. 2017
  • And the piecemeal comfort and convenience options that abound in the competitors can feel like a whole lot of snake oil salesmanship.
    — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Democrats might have a hard time buying that during a critical phase for salesmanship and still more legislating.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The band has a steady hold on the spotlight and is continually improving its salesmanship.
    — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2022
  • True salesmanship lies in empathy—in striking a chord, building a rapport and understanding what your clients need or want.
    — Manish Gupta, Forbes, 17 June 2022
  • But the Super League is an idea that will return, probably with savvier salesmanship.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2021
  • What Del Conte brings to the table is backslapping, my-man salesmanship turned to 11.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2020
  • As a mark of his salesmanship, carpenters and stonemasons headed to Chicago.
    — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Back pain being chronic, and chiropractic adjustment not being a cure, a little bit of salesmanship does the trick.
    — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2021
  • Many people described Taylor to me as a good salesman, and a particular kind of salesmanship did seem to shape his version of events.
    — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Eataly's Eric Schack took home first place after scoring top marks in tests ranging from aroma and taste to salesmanship and plating.
    — Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 6 July 2018
  • Advice slowly turns into salesmanship.
    — Marc Cooper, Forbes.com, 25 Mar. 2026

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