How to Use john in a Sentence

john

noun

• Excuse me, I have to go to the john.
• Why not attack the john, take his money and be done with it?
  — Gail Sheehy, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Sep. 2017
• Had the honour of signing with her for pope john paul in the Vatican many years ago.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 15 Jan. 2018
• And there along the side street stands a sex worker, also addicted, her throat still bearing the jagged mark of a john’s blade.
  — Mike Newall, Philly.com, 23 June 2017
• Bahr said Jane Doe 2 and two male compatriots may have been planning to rob a ``john'' that night at the motel.
  — City News Service, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 May 2018
• The New York Knicks are a rusty port-a-john inside a toxic waste dump on the most expensive real estate in the country.
  — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 1 July 2019
• In a classroom at the law school, john powell was teaching a seminar on civil rights.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 23 May 2016
• The makers say the johns are made of a super-strong fibrous concrete that can hold up even after a bomb explodes inside.
  — Adam Rawnsley, WIRED, 9 June 2011
• For some reason, john really cares about this sh*t and being on any GQ list that exists.
  — Alison Caporimo, Seventeen, 14 Dec. 2017
• The monster piece of crispy boneless breast meat on top of a glazed long john crushes the sweet and carb cravings in one swoop — no maple syrup necessary (and thus, no sog).
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2017
• Last year, those awards went to a fried hoppin' john cake; a cinnamon-rice dish called arroz con leche; and a cotton candy taco.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2019
• Softshell crabs are encrusted in cornflakes, served with spicy corn pone and hoppin’ john.
  — Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2019
• Fair warning: Bathroom attendants assist you in the john, even though nobody needs or wants that.
  — Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register, 7 Apr. 2017
• Boardman was wearing a green vest, black hooded sweatshirt, black pants, gray shoes, tan long john underwear and a blue T-shirt, the release states.
  — Staff Report, Post-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2018
• The season 9 superstar plays Euphoria, a prostitute who educates Elektra in the ways of the world by telling her about her time in prison after a john beat her up and got her arrested.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 26 June 2019
• Photo: john sibley/Reuters Bridging that gap for a squad as inexperienced as the U.S. can be more daunting than trying to score blindfolded.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2018
• The end of Ramadan is ushered in by Eid al-Fitr, a one- to three-day celebration abounding with culinary treats including sweet dishes like baklava and sheer khurma as well as more savory roti john and beef rendang.
  — Maritza Moulite, CNN, 14 June 2018
• The range of john's mind's interest and experience was impressive and often surprising.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2018
• Additionally, Perrodin will be required to pay around $1,200 to take a first offender prostitution program, also known as john school.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2017
• The health-management toilet, a smart john built by the Japanese company Toto, contains a diagnostic system that uses biosensor input to examine your, uh, output.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 May 1998
• The arrival of Miranda (Amber Tamblyn), a semi-prostitute with serious student-loan debt and a possibly murderous john, complicates the ménage.
  — The New Yorker, 5 June 2017
• Responding officers arrested a suspected john and identified three suspected prostitutes.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024