so-and-so

Example Sentences

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“When I see the shoes that so-and-so wore or the dress that so-and-so wore, they seem to me like butterflies that once flew and now they’re dead,” Iñárritu says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

“Someone’s like, ‘Let’s ask a neutral third party what so-and-so should do about the guy they’re talking to.’”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

You knew, when you walked into a courtroom and said “I am so-and-so, representing the government or representing the United States of America,” that what you said carried credibility.

From Slate • Nov. 24, 2025

"I've never been on holiday without bumping into a Welsh person and then after about half a minute you're like, 'well do you know so-and-so if you're from Merthyr?' and they always do."

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2025

In the morning, she took me out and told me their names—“This is so-and-so, this is so-and-so, this is so-and-so.”

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola