How to Use the people in a Sentence
the people
noun-
This one’s for the people in the back with the chrome hearts.
— Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2024 -
The captain of the boat, [the people] in the coffee shop.
— Patricia Alfonso Tortolani, Allure, 23 July 2024 -
And the people who want to be with me will be in my life.
— Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 -
They should be made by the people who love these kids the most.
— Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 24 Jan. 2024 -
From the people who brought you the iPod, here come … some TV shows?
— Peter C. Baker, New York Times, 6 June 2024 -
Jerome Powell, Janet Yellen—to the people, to the modern chairmen and -women of the Fed.
— IEEE Spectrum, 13 Oct. 2020 -
Thank you to all the people who love me no matter what.
— Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023 -
The car was a wedding present from the people of Monaco to the couple.
— Erin Hill, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023 -
Here’s a look at the people with a lot of it who are shaping the region.
— Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2024 -
This is done the right way for the people paying money to come and see her.
— Ariana Garcia, Chron, 22 Mar. 2023 -
Her group spoke with some of the people who went on strike in Kansas City.
— Marley Jay, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2023 -
Many of the people involved didn’t know what the heat index was.
— Micki Olson, The Conversation, 5 June 2024 -
The guy was oozing charisma, and had charmed the people around him out of their wits.
— Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 29 Apr. 2024 -
Sellers are still seeking the sky-high prices of 2021, the people said.
— Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024 -
Buckle up, and welcome to the rest of the story—told by the people at the center of it all.
— Corey Seymour, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023 -
This is about the people who were left under the rubble for months.
— Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024 -
To these unlucky souls, add the people locked up in our prisons and jails.
— Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023 -
Errors in how the trades were recorded took days to resolve, the people said.
— Joe Rennison, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023 -
Most of the people in our government argue in the truth, argue in the law, argue in the courts, and respect the work of the press.
— Joe Davidson, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Rescuers said the people had tried to drive across a flooded road when they got stuck in the water.
— Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2024 -
The fact that the people who make The Bear like to play our songs on The Bear, that’s very exciting and very rewarding.
— Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2023 -
The former — the people who are there for you — are life’s richest blessing.
— Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024 -
Here are five ways to avoid conflict with the people around you as the election dust settles.
— Andrew Torgan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 -
Positive thinking brings out the best in the people around you.
— Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023 -
That’s why the first thing that all tyrants do is disarm the people, just like Chavez did when he was first elected.
— Emma Colton, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2024 -
The sheriff is the last stance against the federal government to protect the rights of the people.
— Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024 -
For 72 hours, the people on TV kept saying, Trump’s coming.
— Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023 -
Arlan reminds me that the people who are supposed to be on the journey with you will find their way to you.
— Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024 -
About 7% of the people had evidence of a past infection and about half did not recall having symptoms at the time.
— Will Stone, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024 -
We are not supposed to consider the people who made, packed, and delivered the sweet-potato baby food when writing the product review.
— Oscar Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2024
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