folks

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • May 20, 2026

“Any energy infrastructure, frankly any infrastructure causes folks who are impacted by it to have a reaction,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 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

In time, the tobogganing degenerated into a snowball fight, which the old folks seemed to be enjoying as much as Karl and his friends were.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo