How to Use agent in a Sentence
agent
noun- They worked with a travel agent to plan their vacation.
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So, maybe that agent was right.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
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My agent would hate to hear that.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
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An agent was struck in the knee.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
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But the agents were needy from the start.
—Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
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At least three agents have their guns drawn.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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In the case of agents, less may be more.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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The agents put his body in a black body bag.
—Sarah El Deeb, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
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The agents told him to ‘shut up’ four times.
—Ryan Oehrli march 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2026
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All the agents need to be watered.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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But the agents dismissed it as fake.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, the agent in the black beanie draws his weapon.
—Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Money, 30 Jan. 2026
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His agent had already signed him.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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If these things aren’t true, don’t be afraid to find a new agent.
—Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2023
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As luck would have it, the pair shared an agent with the mega-star.
—ArsTechnica, 15 June 2025
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This time, agents didn’t tackle him.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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Soothing agents like green tea.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2026
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Dozens of agents and all the top-brass were involved.
—Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
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In fact, border agents can even ask to see proof of it.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
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The question is not whether an agent exists.
—Hope Frank, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
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The agents have questions and notes and edits.
—Literary Hub, 14 May 2026
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Also, why did the other sub-agents not refuse?
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026
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Once the agent performs, the human moves on.
—Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
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And that’s if agents can even be identified.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
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No agents were injured in the attack.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
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For years, agents set their fees by a path of least resistance.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2024
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Why are armed agents on the job at a lovely life-cycle event?
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
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Imagine a world run by AI agents.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 28 May 2026
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After the busts, agents sent the drugs to the lab for testing.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
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There's been violence against some of these agents as well.
—CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026
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