How to Use operator in a Sentence

operator

noun

• Call the operator for the phone number.
• She's quite an operator—no one else could have gotten them all to agree to the project.
• Operator, please connect me with extension 123.
• There is no way for an operator to tell that this wasn’t just a pile of snow.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022
• Both can be set up by two operators.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
• John showed me what an operator would do.
  — Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2026
• This means that operators will not have to maintain sight of the drones.
  — April Roach, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
• This will alert the lock operator to open the gate to allow the fish to swim through.
  — Moná Thomas, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
• One he got replaced at the shop and the second was made for him by a lathe operator.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
• Many rink operators were more than willing to sell.
  — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 7 May 2026
• The tow truck operator screamed at the sedan’s driver.
  — Emerson Clarridge updated March 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
• What did all this mean for cinema operator stocks in the past year?
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2023
• Jonathan Kennedy, a tow truck operator, cried too.
  — Emerson Clarridge updated March 27, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
• The 911 operator told the teen that help was on the way, the suit states.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2023
• Two men wearing blue hard hats, who worked for the ferry operator, were on hand.
  — Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
• As news of car thefts from city garages spreads, some operators say demand is falling.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
• Our camera operator starts to laugh, and so does the sound guy holding a boom mic just above my head.
  — Sophie Ansari, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
• The operator then takes him through the process of stopping the bleeding.
  — Louis Casiano , Stepheny Price , Brooke Taylor , Jasmine Baehr , Brie Stimson , Kelsie Cairns , Reagan Schroeder, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
• The operator got off the cart because of Amy.
  — Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
• Look at what the operators went after.
  — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• Typically, a drone has to be in the line of sight of its operator.
  — Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
• The operator of the food truck did not want to comment on the proposal.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2023
• Anyone who sets foot there can be spotted by a drone operator - and hunted down.
  — Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• The operator will have the guest ride the ride and will give the guest a time based on the current ride's wait time for their next ride.
  — Olivia Young, CBS News, 28 May 2026
• Anyone who steps foot there can be spotted by a drone operator, and hunted down.
  — Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• The permits do not require an operator to sit in the driver's seat.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 28 Apr. 2022
• That human operator role is the highest leverage seat on your team right now.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• Flyers and brokers argue the operator didn't have the cost of the trip.
  — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• In order to use those names, the marathon operator pays royalties to the city.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
• Video shows the operator react seconds before the train plows through the tree.
  — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 26 Feb. 2026