How to Use salesperson in a Sentence

salesperson

noun
  • The company is hiring new salespeople.
  • So what makes for a good salesperson?
    — David Moin, Footwear News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Once a salesperson asked if my fiancée had any say in the dress.
    — Melissa Kravitz, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2019
  • The new salesperson doesn’t know that this is my fifth visit.
    — Andre Aciman, Town & Country, 24 Sep. 2018
  • The salespeople were paired up, did not know each other well.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Good salespeople don't need to follow a script word for word.
    — Austin Irabor, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • There was no pushy salesperson on the other side.
    — John Hall, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • There are salespeople with lousy products that have to over-sell.
    — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2024
  • As any savvy salesperson knows, video calls are the new handshake.
    — Tony Uphoff, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • Lowe, who works in an auto shop as a parts salesperson, knows his way around a car.
    — Amanda Taylor, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Don’t fall for a salesperson’s charm or too-good-to-be-true promises.
    — Dallas News, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Not every salesperson who walks in with a pitch leaves with a contract.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2025
  • Or how about the cashier at the grocery store or the salesperson at a clothing store?
    — Shep Hyken, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • The salesperson steered me to what had been the case for matching pocket squares.
    — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2020
  • That was conveyed to each and every salesperson on the floor.
    — Kassondra Cloos, Outside Online, 21 Aug. 2017
  • Every time, the salesperson would comment about just how wide my feet were.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 11 July 2025
  • Presumably, all of those new salespeople will be out, well, in force.
    — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Once done with your test drive, ask your salesperson to give you a few minutes to reflect on the drive.
    — Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • That salesperson needs to be made aware of the impact of her bad behavior.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • And if a salesperson or cashier wants to wear a mask to work because of health concerns, that’s fine, too.
    — Dallas News, 27 June 2021
  • Across the way, a salesperson calls out to pedestrians to come in to visit her shop.
    — Lilliam Rivera, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Cashiers and retail salesperson are two of the most common jobs in the country.
    — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2017
  • And there is no way for a salesperson to overcome that objection.
    — cleveland, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Only then does the salesperson go in and talk to the manager.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • Some slick salesperson sold her another plan, and she was cut off from rehab care.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
  • Don’t trust a good-looking website or a salesperson who sounds friendly on the phone.
    — Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2020
  • In Japan, busy bosses will take a new salesperson with them on a couple of sales calls.
    — Greg Story, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The content should help salespeople sell better and push prospects down the funnel.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • That's handy for salespeople who don’t want to repeat the same message every time for cold calls.
    — John Brandon, PCMAG, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Two seconds, no salesperson, no end-cap signage.
    — Joel Goldstein, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

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