How to Use clerk in a Sentence

clerk

1 of 2 noun
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  • Have the court clerk file your request with the judge.
  • He works as a clerk in a local pet store.
  • Send a note to news clerk Gege Reed at greed@courier-journal.com.
    — The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2023
  • Gorsuch will have had dozens of clerks by the end of his tenure on the Court.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
  • The House was made known of the subpoena by the House clerk, who spoke on the floor on Wednesday.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Sales clerks covered the signature with saran wrap and upped the price.
    — Katia Porzecanski, Fortune, 19 July 2023
  • But, the reason for the lengthy trip isn't clingy sales clerks or a struggle to pick the best of a mediocre bunch.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 31 May 2023
  • The clerk hands him bills from the register, which the robber scoops up then walks out.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Soon, his clerk passed out copies hot off the printer to reporters.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The suspects then wrapped a chain around the machine and pulled the ATM out of the convenience store, while the clerk stood behind the counter.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 5 June 2023
  • The city clerk said her drop-dead deadline would be the June 26 council meeting.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Judge Ho, a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, was seated to the bench in 2017.
    — Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • The bulk of the salaries of the people in the courtroom — everyone from the mayor to the clerk — comes from fines and fees collected by the court.
    — Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
  • That's when the two first appear to argue, then Fortner-Kelly and Langston go back to talking with the clerk.
    — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
  • His father was the director of a brewery, and his mother was a tax clerk.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 27 May 2023
  • Yolanda, a longtime clerk at the St. John’s County Courts, took time off to attend games.
    — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Aug. 2023
  • One source for these rumors was a gas-station clerk who claimed to have seen Williams a week after his ride with Calkins.
    — Thomas Lake, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The car was reported stolen that spring from a drug store clerk in East Vancouver.
    — Hazlitt, 7 June 2023
  • The offices of both the courts and clerks were evacuated, according to Glass.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr., The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
  • Johnson said she feels cheated and blames the clerk’s staff for giving her bad guidance.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Then customers and clerks carry on with their business.
    — Kyle Smith, wsj.com, 4 May 2023
  • Pete Duncan, the county’s clerk and recorder, said the nonprofit has no say in how the county runs the 2024 election.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
  • The justices and their clerks will be poring through these records and drawing their own conclusions.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The hotel clerk asked the couple what their situation was.
    — David Hall, Baltimore Sun, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Speed provided his driver’s license to the store clerk.
    — Cesar G Rodriguez, Chron, 10 Apr. 2023
  • To date, at least 37 teens have registered, according to the town clerk’s office.
    — Lisa Rathke, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The clerk will give you a case number, assign a judge or magistrate and give you a hearing date notice.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Then one of them allegedly took out a gun and ordered the clerk to empty his register.
    — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The judge has not dismissed this case, but according to the deputy clerk of the court, no date has been scheduled for another hearing.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The clerks from all 19 counties that use the county line ballot design are named as defendants.
    — Katie Sobko, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
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clerk

2 of 2 verb
  • Kavanaugh clerked for Kennedy in 1993 and remains close to the justice.
    — Michael Kranish and Ann E. Marimow, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • The sales clerk behind the counter may not always offer the best advice.
    — Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Reach Features clerk Gege Reed at greed@courier-journal.com.
    — The Courier-Journal, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The fact that Kavanaugh clerked for Kennedy probably won't help on that front.
    — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 5 July 2018
  • Once one of Rehnquist's law clerks at the high court, Roberts could be juggling the same two jobs as his former boss soon.
    — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 29 May 2019
  • The general counsels of both Apple and Facebook once clerked at the high court.
    — James Warren, The Hive, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The ballots and scanned ballot images are in the custody of the county courts clerk and are kept under seal.
    — Kate Brumback, ajc, 21 June 2021
  • Sneak soon joined the legion of Gramaphone employees who clerked by day, and spun at clubs by night.
    — Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Jimmy also knows from the gas station clerk that Michael was there and erased the surveillance footage.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2021
  • Four of them clerked for the Supreme Court's most conservative justice, Clarence Thomas.
    — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 6 May 2018
  • Like Kavanaugh, 51-year-old Kethledge clerked for Kennedy.
    — CBS News, 9 July 2018
  • Deputy Clerk Kathy Strube has taken on all clerking duties for now.
    — Brittany Seemuth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Hostin clerked for a Maryland state judge whose proceedings were filmed.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Special Forces turned records clerk, turned companion on the journey to health and justice.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • In order for the bond to go on the ballot, the ballot wording must be certified by the city and county clerks no later than Dec. 17.
    — Kat Stafford, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Nine of them went on to clerk at the Supreme Court, according to statistics compiled by his former clerks.
    — Robert Barnes, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2022
  • Kethledge, who clerked for Kennedy at the Supreme Court 20 years ago, also was a contender last year for the open seat that went to Gorsuch and is among the favorites this time around.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, 28 June 2018
  • Only one, Kim Jackson, clerked for him before his appointment to the court.
    — Fox News, 9 June 2019
  • The former law clerks attribute this to the court's collegial character.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2020
  • But Kennedy scheduled his reunion of law clerks a year earlier than usual, on the last weekend in June.
    — Mark Sherman, The Seattle Times, 4 May 2017
  • The law clerks for federal judges are the best and brightest graduates of American law school.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The law clerks for federal judges are the best and brightest graduates of American law schools.
    — Alvin Chang, Vox, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Two of the reported finalists for his seat, Kavanaugh and Kethledge, once clerked for Kennedy.
    — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 10 July 2018
  • Judges don’t make policy.’’ Thirty-three lawyers clerked for him during his years as a judge and many remained friends.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • The Columbus Days Inn clerk who escaped her attacker described him as about 6 feet tall with greasy hair and a beard spotted with gray.
    — Staff, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Spera is currently clerking for a federal judge in New York.
    — Clara Spera, Glamour, 4 May 2018
  • More than 40 of his law clerks have later clerked on the Supreme Court, working for justices across the ideological divide.
    — Author: Greg Stohr and Andrew Harris, Anchorage Daily News, 10 July 2018
  • The situation began when the girl made concerning statements to a gas station clerk around 7 a.m.
    — David Harris, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • Former law clerks to the justice will serve as honorary pallbearers as his casket arrives at the Supreme Court for viewing by the public.
    — CBS News, 22 July 2019
  • Some conservatives have pointed to Kethledge as a potential justice in the mold of Gorsuch; both once served as law clerks to Kennedy.
    — Catherine Lucey, Time, 4 July 2018

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