average Joe
Example Sentences
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He’s not aware of the “average Jane or average Joe traveling through an airport with a pre-roll or package of gummies” who has spent any time in jail.
From Washington Post
Since that night, Tsay and those around him say, the self-described “average Joe” has a renewed sense of purpose, though he’s still adjusting to his newfound celebrity.
From Los Angeles Times
In the House, the Average Joe Republicans put on their hard hats, grabbed the ol’ lunch pail, and … all but three of them voted against giving railroad workers paid sick leave days.
From Slate
The Shops at Wildwood features a Balducci’s grocery store, a gourmet ice cream shop and a high-intensity workout gym; across Old Georgetown Road is the Georgetown Square shopping center with a DSW shoe store and Not Your Average Joe’s restaurant.
From Washington Post
This fast, violent story centers on a stone-cold killer, a small-town sheriff and an average Joe who stumbles across a leather case filled with more than $2 million.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
