Examples of everyman in a Sentence
an actor who is seen as the image of everyman
despite his superstar status, in his movies the actor is able to play the role of an everyman quite convincingly
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Yet the very-not-everyman golfers are always within an arm’s length, milling about the grounds like weekend duffers.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Our everyman is Ben Reilly — played by the incomparable Nicolas Cage, making his live-action television debut — a private investigator who moonlights as the city’s only superhero, the Spider.
—Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
There’s Lewis Pullman, continuing to work his own dad’s charming everyman appeal.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
In Joe Mantello’s staggering new production of Arthur Miller’s 1949 American tragedy, self-deluded everyman Willy Loman (Lane) gets lost in the funhouse mirror of his life, haunted by the squandered potential of both him and his son, Biff (the revelatory Christopher Abbott).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Our everyman is Ben Reilly — played by the incomparable Nicolas Cage, making his live-action television debut — a private investigator who moonlights as the city’s only superhero, the Spider.
—Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
There’s Lewis Pullman, continuing to work his own dad’s charming everyman appeal.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
In Joe Mantello’s staggering new production of Arthur Miller’s 1949 American tragedy, self-deluded everyman Willy Loman (Lane) gets lost in the funhouse mirror of his life, haunted by the squandered potential of both him and his son, Biff (the revelatory Christopher Abbott).
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 3 May 2026
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“Everyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/everyman. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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