Examples of pitchman in a Sentence

a former star athlete who now works as a pitchman on TV

Recent Examples on the Web In real life, Ford Motor Company never had a TV pitchman named John Bronco who was more famous than the Marlboro man and the Maytag repairman combined. — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2021 Washington knows being a pitchman can be a lucrative. — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2021 With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. — Wire Reports, oregonlive, 31 July 2021 With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. — Wire Reports, oregonlive, 31 July 2021 Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone and the Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ, has died, his family said. — Arkansas Online, 30 July 2021 Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fisherman, Mr. Microphone and the Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ, has died, his family said. — Andrew Dalton And Ted Anthony, chicagotribune.com, 29 July 2021 Fabio — the single-monikered Italian model-turned-romance novel star-turned-butter substitute pitchman-turned-pop culture icon — is still looking for love. — Jason Sheeler, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2021 With a sales technique honed as a sidewalk hustler, hypnotic TV pitchman Ron Popeil made a fortune hawking such offbeat yet oddly clever contraptions as the Veg-O-Matic and Mr. Microphone. — Wire Reports, oregonlive, 31 July 2021

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