: of or relating to just one individual: such as
a
: consisting of only one individual
a one-man committee
b(1)
: done, presented, or produced by only one individual
a one-man stage play
(2)
: featuring the work of a single artist (such as a painter)
a one-man show of oils
c
: designed for or limited to one individual
Examples of one-man in a Sentence
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For this dark, British crime dramedy, creator and star Richard Gadd—like Michaela Coel and Phoebe Waller-Bridge before him—adapted his own one-man Edinburgh Fringe Festival show into a strange, bleakly funny, searchingly insightful series based on his experiences as a survivor of rape and stalking.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 30 May 2024
That August, Reynolds and Jackman reignited the feud when the latter injured his hand during his one-man tour The Man.
—Alexia Fernández, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
Currently, Fieri serves as a producer on Summers’ latest venture: an Off-Broadway, one-man show called The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, running now through June 2.
—Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
For most of his career, however, Mr. Stella rode a wave of adulation and stupendous commercial success, buoyed by dozens of one-man shows and retrospectives at museums around the world.
—William Grimes, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Edelman’s one-man show, which ran through August at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, saw the comic, who is Jewish, recounting a night attending a white supremacist meeting.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
That storytelling was born out of creator and star Richard Gadd’s real-life experience with stalking that began as a one-man stage show and was woven into a darkly comic miniseries about isolation and the aftereffects of abuse.
—Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
The performance led to more success for Gadd who then wrote his one-man play, Baby Reindeer in 2019.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Their relationship forms the foundation of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, a darkly comedic psychological thriller based on Gadd’s real-life ordeal and adapted from his award-winning one-man show.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
Judy Berman, TIME, 30 May 2024
That August, Reynolds and Jackman reignited the feud when the latter injured his hand during his one-man tour The Man.
—Alexia Fernández, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
Currently, Fieri serves as a producer on Summers’ latest venture: an Off-Broadway, one-man show called The Life and Slimes of Marc Summers, running now through June 2.
—Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 11 May 2024
For most of his career, however, Mr. Stella rode a wave of adulation and stupendous commercial success, buoyed by dozens of one-man shows and retrospectives at museums around the world.
—William Grimes, New York Times, 4 May 2024
Edelman’s one-man show, which ran through August at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre, saw the comic, who is Jewish, recounting a night attending a white supremacist meeting.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2024
That storytelling was born out of creator and star Richard Gadd’s real-life experience with stalking that began as a one-man stage show and was woven into a darkly comic miniseries about isolation and the aftereffects of abuse.
—Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
The performance led to more success for Gadd who then wrote his one-man play, Baby Reindeer in 2019.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Their relationship forms the foundation of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, a darkly comedic psychological thriller based on Gadd’s real-life ordeal and adapted from his award-winning one-man show.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
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