Everyman

Example Sentences

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Jade Marsden, a former Conservative candidate for mayor of the Liverpool City Region, believes the Everyman is wrong to now put on the stage version.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

After a loss, the grieving Everyman finds no option but to keep living—he is, as one character says, “just waiting to see what we’ve been left here for.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

Mike Judge and Greg Daniels built their two-dimensional Texas Everyman to ensure we could never quite be certain.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2025

His vibe is a lot different from the hefty, pale, Midwestern Everyman whom a lot of people think of when they hear his name.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

Downtrodden Americans gravitated strongly toward the Horatio Alger protagonist, the lowly bred Everyman who rises from anonymity and hopelessness.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand