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.
  • The last person to pull that off was Navy’s Roger Staubach in 1963.
    Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Beom-jun is the person behind the wheel of the car that hits Dong-sik.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
  • The game ends when one person laughs or runs out of breath.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • The paper needed one person to say yes, to go on the record.
    Natasha Henstridge, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The shooting killed one person and wounded Mr. Khan in the leg.
    Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • The figures’ heads reach the top corners, and the person on the left seems to have an outstretched arm.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025
  • Read on for some of the spiciest peppers a person can buy.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
  • And, in turn, that person can try and poison the jury against him.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Herta claimed to have no idea who pulled of the prank but gave kudos to the person who did.
    Gabby Hajduk, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2022
  • One person was pronounced dead at the scene, Miller said.
    Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The snowmobile seems to stall as the person recording turns his head to face it.
    Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The father was the only person home at the time, Hensley said.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 29 June 2022
  • After a person exercised, those AVAs pulled in hot blood from the core of the body.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 21 June 2023
  • Viewed in person, though, the zero-emissions model is a vision to behold.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Tickets for the Sacramento Banana Festival can be purchased online ahead of the event or in person at the event gate.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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