How to Use pitchman in a Sentence

pitchman

noun
  • Burt Reynolds to be the faux pitchman for the Ford Bronco.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Duhamel, a native of Minot, has been the face of North Dakota and its pitchman since 2013.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2021
  • African-Americans as the face of a sport and a product pitchman.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The former Subway pitchman wants to add the parents' names to a lawsuit he's named in.
    Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Papa John’s announced in March that O’Neal would serve as a pitchman.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Papa John’s announced in March that O’Neal would serve as a pitchman .
    Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Both sides’ beefs are enough to paint a frown on the face of the perpetually beaming Jack in the Box pitchman clown.
    Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020
  • There were zero mentions of Papa John's, which Watt is a pitchman for.
    Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 6 July 2018
  • Why: The Quicken Loans pitchman has plenty of incentive to look good on his boss’ home turf.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2020
  • Sam Altman is first and foremost a pitchman for the year’s biggest tech products.
    Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • That episode might have led to Rodgers losing his long-time gig as pitchman for State Farm insurance.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • But the legendary pitchman vanished from public life in 1996 and hasn't resurfaced.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Now, for the real candidates for the choicest place in our pitchman pantheon.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Trump is a master pitchman with a keen sense of how to exploit (and, lately, undermine) the media.
    Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 25 May 2017
  • Leaning on Kyrgios as a pitchman for the game also carries plenty of risk.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2023
  • No longer, as celebrities such as Jamie Foxx and Kevin Hart serve as pitchmen for gambling companies.
    Chris Bumbaca, The Courier-Journal, 5 Sep. 2023
  • On the lighter side, Mumford seemed to be taking up another new career: as Carlile’s merch pitchman.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 25 June 2022
  • Now, 23 years since taping the last show, Mr. Nye has found a new audience and a lucrative gig as a celebrity pitchman.
    New York Times, 1 May 2021
  • From there, his fame only grew, as did his career as a pitchman for products such as Jell-O and Coca-Cola.
    Nicole Weisensee Egan, PEOPLE.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Cosby's squeaky-clean body of work made him a product-pitchman extraordinaire, from Jell-O to Coke.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 18 June 2017
  • James is also one of Nike's premier pitchmen for basketball shoes, and his signature brand was the No.
    Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The president, normally the main pitchman for any reform, kept a low profile.
    The Economist, 23 Nov. 2019
  • And footage of Carlson acting like a pitchman rather than a reporter demonstrates questionable ethics at best.
    Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 May 2021
  • There is no patron saint of Los Angeles pitchmen, and really, there should be.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Why are so many celebrities emerging as liquor pitchmen and pitchwomen?
    Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The Rocket Mortgage pitchman did his sponsor proud after tying for 46th last year.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 2 July 2020
  • Playing all of the male characters — husbands, door-to-door salesmen, pitchmen on the salon TV — Michael Oloyede gets his own share of remarkable get-ups.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The presence of a boomer comedian pitchman, though, is just the latest sign that crypto has left behind its bleeding-edge roots.
    New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The sculptors apparently combined Budweiser beer, for which Caray was a pitchman, with the bronze.
    Kori Rumore and Chad Yoder, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • What the two 33-year-old friends do have that helped their film make a splash with its New York debut is a secret weapon that would make a shrewd old-school movie pitchman like William Castle tingle with envy.
    Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024

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