person in the street
Example Sentences
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Some in Chile see Jara through the Cold War lens, “but if you ask the average person in the street, they couldn’t care less.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
“We have individuals on our police force whom a person in the street might not want carrying a gun on their behalf,” D.C.
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022
What I’ve come to realise – and love – is that Warhol democratised art, brought it down to the level of the person in the street, or the supermarket aisle.
From The Guardian • Mar. 9, 2020
"The probabilities of being in a terrorist attack is overblown. … You can start thinking that every next person in the street is a terrorist, which is completely untrue."
From US News • Jul. 20, 2016
Now the action of sulphur when heated is like the action of a man when he turns to the right upon meeting a person in the street.
From The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners by Pyle, William Henry
