a person

Example Sentences

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But the case involved a "person coming from Kisangani", a major city in the eastern Tshopo province where no Ebola infections from the current outbreak have so far been recorded.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Emergency services were called at about 05:45 BST on 13 May to a report of a person in the water near Black Rock car park in Madeira Drive.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

ALS, a progressive and terminal motor neuron disease, robs a person of the ability to move and, ultimately, to breathe, according to the Mayo Clinic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Thus, “the C.E.O. had to be a person of uncommon integrity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

To take a cue from Shakespeare, then, the switch from peerless Penelope to morose Master Gogolev might well make a person say, “O children, what a falling off was there!”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood