How to Use doer in a Sentence

doer

noun
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  • I'm more of a thinker than a doer.
  • This may be a fair description of the life of the average doer.
    — Shuja Haider, The New Republic, 3 May 2018
  • The through line here is the city itself — a city of makers and doers — as seen through the eyes of two of its most steadfast observers.
    — Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
  • There’s no need to choose between being a dreamer and a doer.
    — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Most of the big doers in history probably didn’t think very much about the odds.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
  • There are doers and givers both known and in the background in our community.
    — Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 2 Nov. 2019
  • Open Explorer is for the curious, the makers, and the doers.
    — National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Tanner is an artist, a music lover, a party girl, a doer.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 18 Jan. 2017
  • Meanwhile Frederik is the dreamer, and Gerrit is the doer.
    — CNN, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Our job is to listen, but also to become doers (and not just hearers) of God’s word.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 20 Dec. 2017
  • So far the speculation has centered on whether the trio has chosen a doer or a thinker.
    — Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 11 June 2018
  • There's so many cool things that are happening right now in our state with young thinkers, doers, change makers.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2019
  • His brother – my doer – gritted his teeth, pushed his little lungs and muscles to the limit and eked it out.
    — Tanika Davis, baltimoresun.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Be a person who believes in yourself and others; be a doer.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
  • The Quartz Pros are some of our top thinkers and doers in business who regularly contribute their takes on the news.
    — Quartz, Quartz India, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Afterward, they would be flown off to his planet to help fight off evil-doers, says Appling.
    — Greg Burnett, cleveland.com, 21 July 2019
  • The task for American thinkers and doers is to reimagine how societies change.
    — Charles King, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, in real comic-book life, the superhero uses the golden lasso to corral evil-doers and force them to speak the truth.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 27 May 2017
  • As DaCosta's script points out (in language that sounds a bit too writerly to come out of Deb's mouth), Ollie is a doer, not a hoper.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2018
  • This year, be a doer: Surprise someone special — your partner, your kids, your mom — with breakfast in bed.
    — Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Sue was a doer who never let grass grow under her feet, and to her dying days, worked in her yard, her garden, and her orchid greenhouse.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 28 July 2019
  • The Quartz Pros are some of our top thinkers and doers in business who regularly contribute a fresh perspective on the news.
    — Quartz, 19 Dec. 2019
  • We are respected as a doer, expert, and project leader.
    — Ellen Connelly Taaffe, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Thinkers, makers and doers of Burning Man will share their stories of creating a more resilient world.
    — Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019
  • More a doer than a talker, Thomas has earned respect from his teammates in the Atletico dressing room through his commitment and displays on the pitch.
    — Dermot Corrigan, CNN, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Alexander Hamilton triumphed as a doer and thinker, not as a leader of the average voter.
    — Andrew Exum, The Atlantic, 2 May 2017
  • The app features Quartz Pros, some top thinkers and doers in business who have committed to sharing their takes on the news regularly.
    — Quartz, 5 June 2019
  • Choose your favorite evil-doer and collect all her products or snag the entire collection for $249.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 20 Mar. 2019
  • The millions of Spanglish-speaking Minions, who were once Dru's dastardly-deed doers, are now just kind of goofy servants.
    — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 28 June 2017
  • Part of the magic of SpaceX is that it's filled with doers, with relatively few checkers, even after more than 20 years of existence.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023

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