How to Use teller in a Sentence

teller

noun
  • The bank teller turned over some cash, and the man left the bank.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The teller nodded and gave her a smile.
    Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026
  • When the teller stood still in shock, Allen cursed and took off.
    oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The blind fortune-teller had seen this in the hour of his birth.
    Lu Yang, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
  • Deputies arrived to find the man still at the teller counter.
    Jason Green, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • Trump views the truth as treason and truth-tellers as traitors.
    TheWeek, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Venters walked up to the teller counter and tossed bag on the counter.
    Nick Powell, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Brown was able to track down nearly all the tellers who’d been robbed.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The man walked up to the bank teller and showed the note on the deposit slip.
    Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The teller clubs Franco and the scene fades to black.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026
  • The teller gave him cash, and Womack left.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The teller complied and gave him an undisclosed amount of cash.
    Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 13 May 2021
  • My sister was a truth teller this entire time.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Bob was one of the best joke tellers and could always fill a room with laughter.
    courant.com, 14 Apr. 2018
  • Again, the bank teller complied, and the woman fled with cash.
    Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2020
  • At the drive-thru window, the teller greets her warmly.
    Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • After the teller passed over cash, the thief walked out, limping.
    Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2020
  • He was allowed to talk but not flirt with bank tellers, baristas, and store clerks.
    Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The robber passed a note to a teller and left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash.
    Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The suspect also passed a note to a teller and escaped on foot.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2020
  • The teller did not comply with his demands and the suspect fled the bank.
    Carol Robinson | [email protected], al.com, 28 June 2019
  • Green said the teller walked away from the man after being given the note.
    Andy Nguyen, Burbank Leader, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Granholm’s father started as a bank teller and rose to become the head of a bank.
    Michela Tindera, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • The teller complied and gave the man an undisclosed amount of money.
    Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The teller complied, and the man left with an undisclosed sum of money.
    Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
  • The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of money, and the man left.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The man walked up to the bank teller counter and displayed a note stating this was a robbery.
    Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The alleged robbers had entered the bank, passed the teller a note, and showed a firearm.
    Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • There are more bank tellers today than there were in the 1970s.
    Steve Case, Time, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The teller gave him an unknown amount of cash, and the robber grabbed the demand note back and fled.
    Kristina Davis, sandiegouniontribune.com, 9 June 2018

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