folks

Example Sentences

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Once reserved for military, industrial and rehabilitative use, these types of motorized supports are becoming light and affordable enough for regular folks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

“OUCH. It’s almost painful to consider that these folks are SO bitter that they can’t ever laugh.”

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Then I started thinking about summer imagery: ‘Folks get down in the sunshine, folks get brown in the sunshine, just bees and things and flowers.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

"I think their theory is there are enough folks for whom that's enough that you get to 51%."

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Most folks should mind their own business, Rose-Ivy thought.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney