single person

Example Sentences

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An apartment that once held a couple with no kids now holds a single person.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"If a single person gets infected here in this camp, everyone will die."

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

“Every single person is valuable. Every family is valuable. It boggles the mind that the attorney general would want to take this option away from so many people.”

From Slate • May 13, 2026

“No single person did more to destroy Mary’s legacy,” Ms. Romano writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Never saw a single person jump out of a window, though.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson