How to Use agent in a Sentence

agent

noun
  • They worked with a travel agent to plan their vacation.
  • The man wheeled around and, as Valdivia rose, walked back to the agent.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • If these things aren’t true, don’t be afraid to find a new agent.
    — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The spinoff's first season featured a *lot* of getting-to-know-you episodes with the agents.
    — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The agent, Lonnie Swartz, was on the north side of the border fence in Arizona, while the boy was on the south side.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
  • Larry Ray, a former CIA agent, ran the cult for a decade.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Those who need to speak to a live agent can use the carrier’s 24/7 chat tool.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 26 Nov. 2022
  • One is focused on the agent, while the other stares at the man being scanned.
    — Vicky Hallett, NPR, 15 Feb. 2025
  • So an armed agent of the state is not equivalent to a kid on a corner.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The agent driving the car was new and unfamiliar with the back roads.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
  • Here’s a look at some of the free-agent tight ends that might interest the Dolphins.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
  • For years, agents set their fees by a path of least resistance.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Or Doug would get an inquiry from a booking agent and say, 'What about so and so?
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Prospective agents told them he’d be picked in the middle rounds, perhaps as high as the third.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • That’s up to the powers that be — my agent, whoever else.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Capers said he was arrested by task force agents in the city of Cut and Shoot.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • And the agent of all the killing is typically St. Nick himself.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2022
  • How to wear a knit scarf Now, a scarf can simply be practical, too—an agent to guard against the chill.
    — Erika Veurink, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Walsh said the eight were arrested Tuesday morning with the help of FBI agents.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • A few months ago, a literary scout sent Vulture a note from a book agent in Italy.
    — Jack Denton, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Gordon said the delay was caused by the agent trying to find his target.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
  • In his free-agent walk year, Judge has taken dead aim at Maris’ franchise record, set in 1961.
    — Pete Caldera, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
  • An agent in a patrol vehicle turned on the lights and sirens, but the driver of the Honda did not pull over and stop.
    — Angelina Hicks, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2022
  • By Kent Page Education is one of the most powerful agents of change in the world.
    — Unicef Usa, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The big picture: The Diamondbacks have made a name for themselves as agents of chaos.
    — Jessica Boehm, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Connect with an agent to learn about what’s coming to market soon.
    — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • This role famously earned the actor his first agent and on-camera role.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • His claim is that the rot comes from the top, while the agents out there working hard and fighting crime are still American heroes.
    — Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
  • So to me, people who are willing to drive $2 trillion annual deficits are the agents of chaos.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Despite still not having an agent, Marshall had her managers secure her a script and even cut the reel for her self-tape herself.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 5 Apr. 2025

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