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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The 50th anniversary of his Game 7 heroics was marked in 2010 by the unveiling — on Bill Mazeroski Way — of a 14-foot, 2,000-pound statue of one of Pittsburgh’s greatest everymen, rounding the bases, on top of the world.
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ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
There is no excusing his remarks about Childress, whose everyman, never-back-down persona is something with which many fans identify.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The controversial 1974 cult classic Death Wish was a milestone film in the vigilante justice genre that lives on everywhere today, from Batman films to John Wick, feeding audiences’ insatiable appetite for the everyman pushed to the brink who finally takes matters into his own hands.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
The straight-up revenge-o-matic nature of the plot, though true to the book, was somewhat predictably amped up for Arnie’s fanbase, but the best parts of Wright’s version are more subtle than that and play to Powell’s strengths as a vulnerable everyman.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
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ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
There is no excusing his remarks about Childress, whose everyman, never-back-down persona is something with which many fans identify.
—Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
The controversial 1974 cult classic Death Wish was a milestone film in the vigilante justice genre that lives on everywhere today, from Batman films to John Wick, feeding audiences’ insatiable appetite for the everyman pushed to the brink who finally takes matters into his own hands.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
The straight-up revenge-o-matic nature of the plot, though true to the book, was somewhat predictably amped up for Arnie’s fanbase, but the best parts of Wright’s version are more subtle than that and play to Powell’s strengths as a vulnerable everyman.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Everyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/everyman. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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