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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Other travelers must still add their names to the list in person at the lounge entrance.
  — Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• At that time, it was taken as a truism that a person with a stake in the outcome of a suit could not be trusted to tell the truth.
  — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
• The scammer demands that the person or their relatives make a payment over the phone to void the warrant.
  — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 4 May 2023
• The deputy wasn’t the only person with a close encounter with lightning Sunday.
  — Warren Kulo | [e-mail], al, 7 Aug. 2023
• The image is believed to represent the three persons of God.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 16 May 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024