How to Use the people in a Sentence

the people

noun
Definition of the peoplenext
  • They should be made by the people who love these kids the most.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 24 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Positive thinking brings out the best in the people around you.
    — Brittany Kasko, Fox News, 28 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • Shupe is part of a larger movement to make copyright law friendlier to AI and the people who use it.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024
  • At the time of the call, officers were unable to find the people involved, police said.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Only about one-quarter of the people who live nearest me are white.
    — Shaun Harper, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • At the center of the procedural fight is the U.S.-Mexico border and the people who have crossed it in record numbers.
    — Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 17 Apr. 2024
  • But the people on either side of that distance have to be willing to meet halfway.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • In Deuteronomy, Moses frames the law for the people in exactly those terms.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
  • If these petitions make it to the ballot, the people will decide.
    — Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner, 21 Nov. 2023
  • And that argument needs to be made and made directly to the people of our party.
    — Salena Zito, Washington Examiner, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But the filmmaker and the people who lived through the experience knew that one side of the story still hadn’t been told.
    — Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But now, the more outrageous and false the comments, the better, as far as some of the people peddling them are concerned.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The film centers on the James Webb Space Telescope’s visual legacy and the people behind it.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Think any of the people aghast at Fetterman’s shorts and hoodie emitted a peep about MTG?
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Attacks on commercial ships in the region have increased, which the Houthi rebels say is in support of the people of Gaza.
    — Hala Gorani, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023

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