folks

Example Sentences

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These are folks who are like, “I come from a civil rights tradition.”

From Slate • Jun. 17, 2026

Nor should it shun folks from the baking community.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

Comey apologized at the time for the Instagram post, denied threatening the president and said he "didn't realize some folks associate those numbers with violence."

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

“It is really changing the dynamics of Cheyenne. We’ve got the folks that love it, and then we see folks that say, ‘I want Cheyenne to stay the small and great community we have.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Most folks think he was jabbing at the South and those seven states that have broken away—secession is the right word, I think—from the rest of the Union.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan