very important person

Example Sentences

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“But if it’s not clear, that’s a very important person to me, and I care about her a lot.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

But there was one very important person standing in the way.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

“He became a very important person for everybody,” Goodacre said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

"But I motivate myself. I tell myself that some day things will not be like this, and in the future I will be a very important person and help my people."

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2022

Anybody who could have that effect on Mother, we thought, must be a very important person.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey