woman in the street

Example Sentences

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Despite all that, speak to the man or woman in the street, a taxi driver or the staff in a restaurant and there is not the gushing confidence you might expect.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

From the bus, I see two men and one woman in the street.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2023

“The average man and woman in the street probably doesn’t care a lot about it,” said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia.

From Slate • May 23, 2022

"The smallest things upset me. The other day I jumped when a woman in the street hiccupped as she walked past me."

From Fox News • Dec. 5, 2019

He saw the resemblance when he looked for it, but if after seeing the photograph he had met the woman in the street he would have passed her by unknowing.

From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold