Everyman

Example Sentences

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Berenger, a character who appears in different guises in several of his plays, is Ionesco’s version of Everyman.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

After a loss, the grieving Everyman finds no option but to keep living—he is, as one character says, “just waiting to see what we’ve been left here for.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025

That colors Ben as the quintessential 2025 American Everyman – he’s non-judgmental, not entirely immune to disinformation, but also questions behavior and developments that might have been plausible a decade ago.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

Other previous winners of the prize - first presented in 1996 - include Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, Hastings Pier and the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2024

Downtrodden Americans gravitated strongly toward the Horatio Alger protagonist, the lowly bred Everyman who rises from anonymity and hopelessness.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand