Examples of “clerk” in a Sentence

noun An office worker who handles records, correspondence, or accounts.

• A clerk at the town office stamped and filed every form.
• The records clerk spent the morning updating the customer accounts.
• The clerk filed the documents in the wrong cabinet.

noun A person who assists customers in a shop, hotel, or similar business.

• The store clerk helped me find a pair of shoes that fit.
• Ask the desk clerk at the motel for extra towels.
• The hotel clerk checked them in and handed over the room key.

noun A law clerk who assists a judge with research and case preparation.

• The judge's clerk read through the case files and drafted a summary.
• He hopes to work as a law clerk after he graduates.
• She spent a year as a clerk for a federal judge before joining a law firm.