person in the street
Example Sentences
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Some in Chile see Jara through the Cold War lens, “but if you ask the average person in the street, they couldn’t care less.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
“We have individuals on our police force whom a person in the street might not want carrying a gun on their behalf,” D.C.
From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022
"The probabilities of being in a terrorist attack is overblown. … You can start thinking that every next person in the street is a terrorist, which is completely untrue."
From US News • Jul. 20, 2016
The average person in the street probably would not be able to tell you the plot of Macbeth, but they all know who Luke Skywalker's father is.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2015
The sole and only person in the street beyond myself and this being was the woman already alluded to.
From The Book of Dreams and Ghosts by Lang, Andrew
