How to Use letter carrier in a Sentence
letter carrier
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The back is tall enough for a letter carrier to stand in.
— Chris Isidore, CNN, 23 Feb. 2021 -
Trinh worked as a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, and a light blue work shirt was placed over the bike.
— Andy Nguyen, latimes.com, 21 Apr. 2018 -
An unknown male walked up to a letter carrier and shot him in the lower body, then fled.
— Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2020 -
This comes after the death of a Texas letter carrier who died June 20 in near triple-digit heat.
— Bradford Betz, Fox News, 28 June 2023 -
Diaz started at the postal service as a letter carrier in 1996 in the Bronx.
— Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 17 Sep. 2022 -
One of her daughters, a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, was asleep on her couch as the storm approached.
— Michael Wilson, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017 -
Dozens of neighbors gathered on the street to watch the fire, which didn’t stop a letter carrier from making his rounds in the 2500 block of Dumaine.
— Katelyn Umholtz, NOLA.com, 8 Dec. 2020 -
Guardsmen bring in the mail, along with a letter carrier to deliver it.
— New York Times, 6 May 2022 -
On this day, the 42-year-old letter carrier made one little boy very happy.
— Fox News, 27 Nov. 2020 -
As for letter carriers who go door to door, new rules are quickly taking hold.
— Sam Dolnick, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2020 -
Mining the same theme is a Postal Babe letter carrier costume.
— Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2020 -
Thieves have robbed letter carriers for the keys to steal mail from secure mail receptacles, the USPS says.
— Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 5 July 2023 -
To mail your ballot back, just put it in the mail like any other envelope, hand it to your letter carrier or take it to a post office.
— Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021 -
As the letter carrier put their hands in the air, officials said, Demosthene and Lewis allegedly pulled on the chain attached to the key.
— Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023 -
The key was stolen from a letter carrier in Everman on Sept. 20, according to the release.
— Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2024 -
Camden retired after 40 years as a letter carrier – a job that was once a ticket to the middle class.
— Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 3 Aug. 2020 -
Also, in areas where a letter carrier would just walk across front lawns, they were now forced to go up and down every driveway.
— Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019 -
Each year, more than 6,000 letter carriers will be victims of dog attacks.
— Matt Campbell, kansascity, 26 June 2018 -
And in Milwaukee, a letter carrier was killed on Dec. 9.
— Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2023 -
Stanley Groth, a retired letter carrier who lives in New Castle, Wyoming, came in third.
— John Dorfman, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021 -
The union steward who spoke with the Tribune said working as a letter carrier connects you with the community in a unique way.
— Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Mar. 2022 -
Deposit the mail pouch visibly in or near your mailbox for pick up by the U.S. Postal Service letter carrier.
— Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2020 -
Brennan has spent her career at the Postal Service, starting 32 years ago as a letter carrier.
— The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 18 May 2018 -
James took a job as a letter carrier after the war, and worked his way up to customer service director for Queens’ postal complex.
— Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2021 -
Enter Email Sign Up The spike in postal carrier robberies has put letter carriers on edge.
— David Sharp, BostonGlobe.com, 12 May 2023 -
Soon after the sweltering summer heat got to Rich Dyer, a letter carrier in St. George, the weather started to cool down a smidge.
— Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023 -
Perez, a volunteer with MoveOn.org, said she was prompted to protest on behalf of her husband, a letter carrier.
— Vincent T. Davis, ExpressNews.com, 22 Aug. 2020 -
Her home office was thereafter piled high with reports and agendas hauled up the hill on foot by Ed, the neighborhood letter carrier.
— Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2021 -
The letter carrier suffered minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital for treatment, police said.
— Jason Green, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024 -
Most people know roughly when their letter carrier arrives each day, so secure your dog inside the house, behind a fence or on a lease beforehand to minimize the potential danger, the USPS advised.
— Kate Gibson, CBS News, 3 June 2024
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