very important person

Example Sentences

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With the three of them chatting over a cup of tea in the back garden, Andrews forgot to invite one very important person.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

But there was one very important person standing in the way.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

“My father was a very important person, a pillar of who I am. I think that the most important thing that I learned from my father is discipline,” said Márquez.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

“He became a very important person for everybody,” Goodacre said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

Anybody who could have that effect on Mother, we thought, must be a very important person.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey