ordinary people

Example Sentences

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There was a vague feeling of unease about all of this - but it was difficult for ordinary people living nearby to prove there was anything amiss.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“And it gives me so much inspiration to be a part of it, a movement powered not by cynicism or political insiders, but by ordinary people who still believe Los Angeles is worth fighting for.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

“This is one of the places in life where we allow ourselves to be known, and people got to know us as we are—as the very ordinary people that we are.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Its inscrutability to ordinary people is part of what robs the document of whatever power it may have had at a third the length.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

For ordinary people are always taken in by appearances and by the outcome of an event.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli