How to Use person in a Sentence

person

noun
  • The person at the front desk will be able to help you.
  • I saw a person standing on the dock.
  • She is a very nice person.
  • I like her as a person, but she is not a very good writer.
  • The dogs discovered that the men were hiding drugs about their persons.
  • Any person who wants a refund must have a receipt.
  • Most people here are quite friendly.
  • The tax break is only applicable to persons in a high income bracket.
  • The disease is easily transmitted from person to person.
  • The tickets are $25 per person.
  • Is your wife the type of person who loves to be pampered?
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Were Olivia and Claire there in person for the final scene in the cathedral?
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
  • All drafts are available in person and as a to-go in a twistee can.
    John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 8 June 2023
  • From the outside, your fans think of you as a very strong-willed person, in your art.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The event costs $6 per person or $4.50 for Friends of Pringle members.
    Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Read on for some of the spiciest peppers a person can buy.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The snowmobile seems to stall as the person recording turns his head to face it.
    Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2024
  • After a person exercised, those AVAs pulled in hot blood from the core of the body.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • That’s my criteria—if the person on the street, who doesn’t like snakes, stops and says, like, ‘Whoa, that’s a snake?!
    Rebecca Giggs, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The identity of the person who placed the ad was not disclosed in the FBI affidavit.
    John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • That person would stand for election at the next city election in April 2025.
    Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • Trump spends some of his time these days meeting with lawyers, whether in person or by phone.
    Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Every single person here was in it for the passion of this work.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 June 2023
  • The bottomless drinks can be added to the standard omakase for $25 per person.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2023
  • If the fridge hasn’t been opened all day, that can be a sign that the person is not eating, says Chernova.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2023
  • Then, a person jumped in the running car and began to drive off, police told WCMH.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2024
  • The names of every person who died in those attacks are inscribed on the edge of the memorial pools.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2023
  • No; the cake slice should point directly at the person who is about to demolish it.
    Judith Martin, oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
  • In our house, regularly, my six-year-old son is the last person to go to bed.
    Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2024
  • One of the infected persons later died due to other illnesses, the official said.
    Kamran Haider, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2024

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