How to Use one-man in a Sentence

one-man

adjective

• The one-man sit-in mushroomed in the weeks after the attacks.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• The size of the structures range from one-man shelters up to 24 people.
  — Brett French, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Talk about your one-man show that began to turn things around.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
• Robertson was not a one-man show, but definitely the star of the Bearcat team.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2024
• Who’s the lawyer who is on a one-man mission to block green energy projects across Ohio?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 July 2023
• Thorpe rushes, returns kicks and does all the kicking in putting on a one-man show.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• Her dad and uncle even raced together, with a one-man pit crew, her dad.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
• He’s been an in-demand actor and speaker and still performs a one-man show at least 40 times a year.
  — Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Butler came through with 28 points but Miami isn’t a one-man show.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2023
• But Williams, who returned to Auburn as the team’s running back coach in 2019, wasn’t a one-man show during his playing days at Auburn.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2023
• The one-man show is written and performed by Edelman and was directed by Brace.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
• Here was a new kind of Holocaust movie: the death-camp drama as existential one-man odyssey.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
• 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
• In the beginning, Daniel was a one-man show, working on the cars, answering phones and helping customers at the front desk.
  — First National Bank Alaska, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Apr. 2023
• This time, Saunders followed the scouting report and dropped into an almost one-man zone in the lane.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
• Joseph Gitler, an oleh from New York, began it all 20 years ago as a one-man volunteer effort.
  — Judith Segaloff, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• But Roy hasn’t reaped any benefits from his one-man charge, save for more attention.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 7 June 2023
• Now that Kevin Von Erich is in the process of moving back to Texas, the wrestling legend is expanding his schedule of one-man shows to visit more of the state and its neighbors.
  — Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 15 May 2023
• Palmieri has toured his original non-musical one-man show, which was also the basis of a 1993 movie.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
• Thompson was a one-man wrecking crew back when these teams played on Halloween, posting three goals and three assists in an 8-3 Sabres win.
  — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2023
• The true crime story is a one-man show that examines identity, love and resilience.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2023
• Between that and his one-man TV repair business, Lawson was thriving in high school.
  — Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
• Mariemont finally broke through with a one-man advantage when Jack Peirol scored with 6:45 left in the second quarter.
  — Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 1 June 2023
• The Apartment and a one-man production whirlwind, was also seen mingling among the raucous crowd.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2023
• Hachimura shows emotion Rui Hachimura grabbed the defensive rebound and raced up court, a one-man fast break for the Lakers.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2023
• David Brooks is on a one-man mission aimed at no less than changing human behavior.
  — John Dickerson, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023
• The one-man show has three more performances: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
• Turturro told a story about rehearsing a one-man show of Portnoy’s Complaint while Roth stood in the back of the room wearing a raincoat.
  — Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• Also highly unlikely Fields, a one-man gang in 2022 who now has more support around him, loses his job.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• The movie is based on the one-man performance of Eliot’s epic poetic masterpiece that Fiennes performed on stages throughout the U.K. in 2021.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 25 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024