How to Use "Agent" with Example Sentences

agent (n): someone who works at a business or office that provides a specific service; someone who tries to get secret information from another person or country

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Used with adjectives:

"I bought my tickets from a travel agent."
(travel, ticket)

"The real estate agent makes money by commission."
(real estate, lending, sports, talent, insurance, advertising)

"The spy was a secret agent."
(secret, foreign, intelligence, government, special, double, undercover)

Used with verbs:

"Our organization uses federal agents."
(uses, hires, chooses, selects, employs, elects)

Used with prepositions:

"We found our house through a real estate agent."
(through, with)

"He's working with a federal agent."
(with, for, against)