woman in the street
Example Sentences
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He recalled that officers met a woman in the street in a "distressed state" who cried out "Oh God! It's the bairn, they've found the bairn" at about 10:30 on 8 October.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023
“The average man and woman in the street probably doesn’t care a lot about it,” said Charles Bullock, a political science professor at the University of Georgia.
From Slate • May 23, 2022
"The smallest things upset me. The other day I jumped when a woman in the street hiccupped as she walked past me."
From Fox News • Dec. 5, 2019
“It was the need of the nation, the need of the average man and woman in the street, the businessman, the mother, the fireman, the teacher — everyone wanted respect,” she wrote in her autobiography.
From New York Times • Aug. 16, 2018
Two years ago a woman in the street car offered her a seat, because she looked as old as her mother.
From The Vehement Flame by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
