a different person

Example Sentences

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But it turns out, hand me a bottle of grapefruit-scented spray or a lemongrass dish soap, and I’m a different person.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

“That way, you can skip the general phone help line and not have to explain your situation to a different person each time,” Walter says.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

"I look at these photos and it's like a different person, but at the same time I'm still me - just someone who didn't know what was ahead. It's probably good that I didn't know."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

A man in his 70s cannot reasonably be expected to become a different person.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

But in some way, they hadn’t connected ... it was as if he’d become a different person.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld