single person

Example Sentences

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When OG Anunoby’s miraculous tip-in fell through the net on Wednesday to give the Knicks a 3-1 series lead, it seemed as though every single person in the New York metropolitan area exploded with joy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

I don’t know a single person who would say the same thing about “Cars 2” without a gun pointed at their head, but I’m getting ahead of myself.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Or, to put it another way, out of a random group of 1,000 Americans, the richest single person owns about six times as much as the poorest 500 put together.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

An apartment that once held a couple with no kids now holds a single person.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

I walked all day and didn’t run into a single person on the path or in the villages that I passed through.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah