How to Use doer in a Sentence
doer
noun- I'm more of a thinker than a doer.
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Goby teaches kids that the world needs all types: the dreamers, the doers, the behind-the-scene types, and the on-stage actors.
— Amanda Rock, Parents, 30 July 2024 -
This may be a fair description of the life of the average doer.
— Shuja Haider, The New Republic, 3 May 2018 -
The through line here is the city itself — a city of makers and doers — as seen through the eyes of two of its most steadfast observers.
— Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023 -
There’s no need to choose between being a dreamer and a doer.
— Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 7 Sep. 2021 -
Most of the big doers in history probably didn’t think very much about the odds.
— How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 25 May 2023 -
In his book Triggers, Marshall Goldsmith talks about the two people in your head: the planner and the doer.
— Liz Haberberger, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024 -
There are doers and givers both known and in the background in our community.
— Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2019 -
Open Explorer is for the curious, the makers, and the doers.
— National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2018 -
Tanner is an artist, a music lover, a party girl, a doer.
— Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 18 Jan. 2017 -
Meanwhile Frederik is the dreamer, and Gerrit is the doer.
— CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 -
Our job is to listen, but also to become doers (and not just hearers) of God’s word.
— Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 20 Dec. 2017 -
So far the speculation has centered on whether the trio has chosen a doer or a thinker.
— Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 11 June 2018 -
There's so many cool things that are happening right now in our state with young thinkers, doers, change makers.
— Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2019 -
His brother – my doer – gritted his teeth, pushed his little lungs and muscles to the limit and eked it out.
— Tanika Davis, baltimoresun.com, 24 Aug. 2017 -
Be a person who believes in yourself and others; be a doer.
— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024 -
The Quartz Pros are some of our top thinkers and doers in business who regularly contribute their takes on the news.
— Quartz, Quartz India, 16 Dec. 2019 -
Afterward, they would be flown off to his planet to help fight off evil-doers, says Appling.
— Greg Burnett, cleveland.com, 21 July 2019 -
The task for American thinkers and doers is to reimagine how societies change.
— Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023 -
Of course, in real comic-book life, the superhero uses the golden lasso to corral evil-doers and force them to speak the truth.
— Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 27 May 2017 -
As DaCosta's script points out (in language that sounds a bit too writerly to come out of Deb's mouth), Ollie is a doer, not a hoper.
— John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2018 -
This year, be a doer: Surprise someone special — your partner, your kids, your mom — with breakfast in bed.
— Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020 -
Sue was a doer who never let grass grow under her feet, and to her dying days, worked in her yard, her garden, and her orchid greenhouse.
— sun-sentinel.com, 28 July 2019 -
The Quartz Pros are some of our top thinkers and doers in business who regularly contribute a fresh perspective on the news.
— Quartz, 19 Dec. 2019 -
We are respected as a doer, expert, and project leader.
— Ellen Connelly Taaffe, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024 -
Thinkers, makers and doers of Burning Man will share their stories of creating a more resilient world.
— Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019 -
More a doer than a talker, Thomas has earned respect from his teammates in the Atletico dressing room through his commitment and displays on the pitch.
— Dermot Corrigan, CNN, 17 Feb. 2020 -
Alexander Hamilton triumphed as a doer and thinker, not as a leader of the average voter.
— Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 2 May 2017 -
The app features Quartz Pros, some top thinkers and doers in business who have committed to sharing their takes on the news regularly.
— Quartz, 5 June 2019 -
Estep remembers both of her parents as doers: Her father was an electrician who retired a couple of times but kept finding his way back to work.
— Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
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