average person

Example Sentences

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The whole point of a cat-and-mouse tale is to show us how clever the mouse is, but Daniel doesn’t do anything the average person wouldn’t think of.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The point is the feeling his creates, the paranoia that the average person is powerless against such dark forces.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

And, Alana said, she’s not alone: “Anyone who’s an average person is in the same boat, we’re all just trying to stay afloat.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

As Chester told me, “The system is so extensive, it’s impossible for the average person to opt out of” all the means of tracking afforded by TV-as-internet.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

By that time, the average person in England ate ninety pounds of sugar a year—and in the early twentieth century, that number kept rising.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson