average Joe

Example Sentences

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"It causes such mental health anguish to your average Joe who just goes to work, raises her kids and wants to find love."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

The average Joe won’t get such an opportunity to set the record straight.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

“As far extreme as I seem,” he said in 2003, “I’m probably catching the average Joe in the middle better than anybody.”

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Joe Mauri was the perfect symbol of America’s disgrace: a literal average Joe, shoved into the streets by the invisible hand.

From Slate • Aug. 27, 2023

This episode is sure to appeal to everyone, from the most diehard "South Park" fans to the average Joe who is inevitably affected by the coronavirus.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2021