ordinary Joe
Example Sentences
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A bright idea - the image getting across is that William is just an ordinary Joe.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
From within the bounds of a narrow, glass-walled enclosure, Evan Gershkovich appeared to the world as he was: an ordinary Joe, clean-cut, friendly even in the face of hostility.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2023
Ordinary guy: In a city of self-appointed tech gods, many loved the late San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee because he took pride in being an ordinary Joe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2017
And Harry Shearer captures the resentment of the ordinary Joe who, after all these years, just wants a quiet life.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2013
Nobody aside from Ayn Rand has put this into the plain words that the ordinary Joe can understand.”
From BusinessWeek ● Aug. 2, 2012
