Example sentences for: collector

How can you use “collector” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The curious collector of Southern folk usages of this type need only consult the Oxford English Dictionary for enlightenment about the origin and the longevity of language.

  • The WSJ "Work Week" column notes that the machinists union has licensed a special collector's item for its 110th anniversary: a Winchester Model 94 rifle.

  • On January 12th, 1989, Carole Leonard, who compiles a chatty column for The Times of items picked up on the Rialto in The City, reported that a “reader in Surrey” (not, for a change, “Disgusted,” Tunbridge Wells) received a tax form with the instruction “Send the cheque and payslip unfolded to the Collector in the envelope provided.”

  • Robert White was on death row from Aug. 26, 1974, for killing three people with a stolen machine gun and stabbing a fourth, a gun collector.

  • It is difficult to believe that treacle was once a wild animal, that cheater was a rent collector (more credible), and that a publican was a public servant.


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