How to Use mail carrier in a Sentence

mail carrier

noun
  • Make sure the dog is restrained and out of reach of a mail carrier.
    Olivia Munson, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2021
  • The dog jumped and startled the mail carrier, then bit her on the forearm.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland.com, 19 July 2019
  • The roof of the vehicle is tall enough to allow a mail carrier to stand in the back.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 20 July 2022
  • His father, Bob, was a mail carrier and a skilled golfer.
    New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021
  • In fact, my mail carrier was able to identify the scent as mesquite wood from the other side of the yard.
    Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The mail carrier took off after him, but the pursuit didn’t last long.
    NBC News, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Dogs across Dallas-Fort Worth took a huge bite out of mail carriers in 2023.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 June 2024
  • The previous mail carrier van, the Grumman LLV, first hit the road back in 1986.
    Michael Dobuski, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Once your bag is full, simply seal it and leave it outside for the mail carrier to pick up.
    Alessandra Puccio /, NBC News, 13 July 2018
  • Doing so avoids leaving it to the mercy of the mail carrier.
    David Rae, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Think of it like a mail carrier who relies on maps and addresses to get mail to the right place.
    Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2021
  • The mail carrier doesn’t come up to your window and flick postcards in your face, so don’t let your mail client do that to you.
    WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
  • If that fails, mail carriers can put their mail satchels between themselves and the dog.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
  • Todd liked collecting cans at the beach and waiting for the mail carrier.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The officer noted that the suspect had been charged with stalking the mail carrier in the past.
    John Benson, cleveland, 15 Sep. 2021
  • She and her husband, who worked as a mail carrier, raised six children here and used to grow tomatoes and greens in the back yard.
    Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2018
  • After the Games, Johnson worked as a mail carrier and then as a merchant mariner.
    Tim Arango, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2022
  • After the Games, Mr. Johnson worked as a mail carrier and then as a merchant mariner.
    New York Times, 28 May 2022
  • Dogs are said to be man's best friend, but there's many a mail carrier who will tell you otherwise.
    USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • Alvin Gauthier, who has worked as a mail carrier in the city of Grand Prairie for more than 20 years, didn’t know where the letters came from.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
  • Finding a quiet dog toy is like looking for a dog who doesn't bark at the mail carrier.
    Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Here is an update to their shameful act of stealing the mail carrier's lunch.
    Christina Capatides, CBS News, 6 July 2018
  • One was a mail carrier, while a woman was on her way to work in the other vehicle.
    Fox News, 31 July 2018
  • Even the mail carrier who delivers to his house gave him a letter.
    Robert Scheer, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2020
  • But the rural mail carrier abides, and so too does the rural post office, the rural mailbox of my youth.
    Sarah Smarsh, National Geographic, 9 Oct. 2020
  • The bride’s father retired as a mail carrier in Suffolk for the Postal Service.
    New York Times, 1 July 2018
  • Sue Skidmore, 48, a mail carrier from Grand Rapids, was wrapped up warm against the biting Michigan cold.
    Rob Crilly, Washington Examiner, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Her mother is a mail carrier and her step-father is a truck driver.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2022
  • That would mean no spaces for many residents, lodge guests or even the mail carrier.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The reassignment of PPOs correlates with a decrease in mail theft arrests and mail theft convictions and an uptick in mail carrier robberies.
    Alana Semuels, TIME, 17 July 2024

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