How to use clerk in a sentence

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• I had this gig as a file clerk but it wasn’t my style so I left.From the entry gig
• He rose up through the ranks of the company, from mailroom clerk to CEO.From the entry rank
• Officers subscribe their official acts, and secretaries and clerks subscribe copies or records.From the entry subscribe
• I asked three different clerks, and they all gave me the brush-off.From the entry give someone the brush-off
• To sign out a book, you must present your library card to the clerk.From the entry sign out
• He promoted his clerk to office manager.From the entry promote
• The terrorist was outwardly a bank clerk.From the entry outwardly
• The kid just blew the clerk away.From the entry blow away
• The clerk checked us in at the front desk.From the entry check in
• Taking delivery, scrubbing in for surgery, clerking a patient and drawing up an impeccable treatment plan.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 21. From the entry house officer
• Or that pet turtle the clerk in that exotic pet store had told her was unkillable.2017, Erzabet Bishop, Mallory's Mark, →ISBN. From the entry black thumb
• One of the clerks gave me an information sheet about maneki nekos.2013, Christine Reiko Yano, “Global Kitty: Here, There, Nearly Everywhere”, in Pink Globalization: Hello Kitty’s Trek Across the Pacific…. From the entry maneki neko
• The clerk pointed to a sign and grouchingly said, "All sales are final!2013, Mark Bowser, Unlocking the Champion Within: The Keys to Successful Living. From the entry grouchingly
• Every marine enlistee, from clerk to sniper, goes through a period of infantry training.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: War Assets: 103rd Marine Division. From the entry enlistee
• Joe oversaw a team of one hundred cryppies, translators, typists, punch card operators, and clerks.2011, Samantha Seiple, Ghosts in the Fog, page 11. From the entry cryppie
• His mother worked for the City of Oakland as a clerk.2011, Victor M. Rios, quoting J.T., Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys, New York, N.Y.; London: New York University…. From the entry yadadamean
• The soda clerk′s job was to sell eggs with the malted milk.2009, J. R. Parrish, You Don′t Have to Learn the Hard Way: Making It in the Real World: A Guide for Graduates, page 33. From the entry malted milk
• There were clerks innumerable, with underclerks beneath them and overclerks above.2009, Jedediah Berry, The Manual of Detection, →ISBN, page 22. From the entry overclerk
• The bloke sitting there with his head buried deep in a ledger is the clerk.2006, Tommy Steele, chapter 6, in Bermondsey Boy: Memories of a Forgotten World, large print edition, Bath, Somerset: Windsor Paragon; BBC…. From the entry hod
• Guy robs a convenience store, shot the clerk.” Sam scratched his head.2004, Parnell Hall, And a Puzzle to Die On (The Puzzle Lady Mysteries), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Dell, →ISBN, page 127. From the entry fer instance
• In an eight-pager titled "Nerts," Moon Mullins is a store clerk.2002, Catherine Johnson, Betsy Stirratt, John Bancroft, Sex and Humor: Selections from the Kinsey Institute, page 16. From the entry eight-pager
• Clerks and overseers included Overseas Chinese, Euro-Chinese, and Sinjos (of mixed origin).2002 November 21, Dirk Hoerder, Cultures in Contact: World Migrations in the Second Millennium, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 437. From the entry Hai Lok Hong
• Many of the women domestics and store clerks become stay-at-homes by default.2001, Laura Hapke, “From Black Folk to Working Class: African American Labor Fiction between the World Wars”, in Labor’s Text: The Worker…. From the entry stay-at-home
• I’m a clerk so I also cashier at the drivethrough window.2001, Norma E. Cantú, “Getting There Cuando No Hay Camino”, in The Latina Feminist Group, Telling to Live: Latina Feminist Testimonios…. From the entry drivethrough
• “I have to go now,” she’d say to the grocery clerk.1997, David Sedaris, “True Detective”, in Naked. From the entry jones
• Also , ensure that cash register clerks remain alert to avoid misringing items.1993, Read Hayes, Employee Theft Control, page 13. From the entry misring
• This group includes secretaries, clerks, data processors, telephone operators, and others.1992, Emrika Padus, The Complete Guide to Your Emotions and Your Health: Hundreds of Proven Techniques to Harmonize Mind & Body for Happy…. From the entry pink-collar
• The clerk vanished, to be replaced a minute later by a tubby Indian with exhausted, visionary eyes.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy. From the entry tubby
• Or a clerk may be regarded as a paralegal, or even little more than a glorified “go-fer.”1976, Student Lawyer, page 43, column 1. From the entry go-fer
• The youngest Ohio boardsman, John (Scott) Francis, 18, is a warehouse billing clerk.1972, Ohio Schools. From the entry boardsman
• Naturally, the technical legal language used by court clerks must be mastered.1963, Sumner Chilton Powell, “Preface”, in Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town, Wesleyan University Press. From the entry photostat
• The clerk shrugged: “That's the boss's little girl.” “Why, the lucky stiff!” said Keating.1943, Ayn Rand, chapter IX, in The Fountainhead. From the entry stiff
• “He's been holding out on me.” “You misunderstood me,” the clerk said coldly.1943, Ayn Rand, chapter IX, in The Fountainhead. From the entry stiff
• I heard him speak, and he had a goodish accent, as of a clerk or shopwalker.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXXIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz…. From the entry goodish
• The man gave his name as Alois Hacek, a post-office clerk.1933, Ferenc Körmendi, Escape to Life, Morrow, page 160. From the entry hacek
• He liked the new archivists, docketers, typists, printers, stenographers, binders, and second division clerks.1930, Sir Harold George Nicolson, Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bart., First Lord Carnock, page 326. From the entry docketer

Meaning of clerk

1. noun One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
2. noun A salesclerk; a person who serves customers in a store or market.
3. noun A law clerk.

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Questions about clerk in a sentence

How do you use clerk in a sentence?

Clerk is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.”

What is a short sentence with clerk?

“He promoted his clerk to office manager.”

What does clerk mean?

Clerk means one who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.