Examples of “folks” in a Sentence

noun Informal term for one's parents or immediate family.

• He's driving home to visit his folks this weekend.
• My folks are coming to stay with us for Christmas.
• I rang my folks to tell them the good news.

noun People in general, used casually to address or refer to a group.

• Thanks for coming out tonight, folks.
• Some folks just don't like change.
• Old folks in our village still know every neighbor by name.