average Joe

Example Sentences

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"It causes such mental health anguish to your average Joe who just goes to work, raises her kids and wants to find love."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The average Joe won’t get such an opportunity to set the record straight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

The average Joe is not part of Nike’s We, no matter what Nike wants the average Joe to think.

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2024

The free market revolutionary as an average Joe, chatting up the workingman.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2022

This episode is sure to appeal to everyone, from the most diehard "South Park" fans to the average Joe who is inevitably affected by the coronavirus.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2021