How to Use one-woman in a Sentence
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Revenues have been doubling year over year, and the team has grown from a one-woman band to a team of 12.
—Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
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Josephine soon joined the brothers and became their one-woman sales force.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
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Nowadays, Joseph spreads the message of how to live an unmasked life in a one-woman show.
—Allie Caren, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
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This win was a huge feat for the one-woman show as celebrities like Kendrick Lamar have been seen sporting her work on the day-to-day.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Dec. 2023
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He was matched, note for note, by his very talented, one-woman, five-man band.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
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Jean Smart will return to Broadway this summer in a one-woman show.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
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But, to quote the one-woman generational touchstone known as Pink, what about us?
—Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
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Rita Ora ended 2024 with a one-woman fashion show on New Year's Eve.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
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Demand has been so brisk that owner McLean Robbins, who ran a one-woman shop before the pandemic, now has a team of 12.
—Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
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The actress has also been active in theater, at one time touring with a one-woman show about Eleanor Roosevelt.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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After roles dried up, Dominique Blanc reclaimed her artistic agency by taking a one-woman play on the road.
—Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
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Has anything surprised you about being onstage as an actor in your one-woman show?
—Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
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Trending Then there’s Kathy Schroeder, an unrepentant survivor who proves to be a one-woman fount of cringe.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
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But an Aurora artist who operates a one-woman business in the city likes getting her hands dirty with concrete.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
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Dietrich did indeed wear a beaded gown for her 1967 one-woman show on Broadway.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
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The story originates from a one-woman play by Aaron Mark, who then turned it into a podcast, and Mark serves as co-showrunner of this adaptation.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 26 June 2023
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The film is a 2022 recording of Jodie Comer’s one-woman performance of Suzie Miller’s stage play which has been watched by nearly half a million people worldwide.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 June 2024
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Kadar Wati runs a mostly one-woman show at Wayang, a small Indonesian restaurant in Alhambra.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
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These are the recipes that launched a cultural revolution and created a mogul out of a one-woman catering business.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
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The show is described as a one-woman musical comedy that is definitely NOT about the ever-present specter of death.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 July 2024
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At the time of her pregnancy loss, Anne Hathaway was playing a pregnant fighter pilot in a one-woman off-Broadway show called Grounded.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2024
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The one-woman comedy show by Nicole Travolta (John Travolta‘s niece) tells the story of her love-hate relationship with credit cards.
—Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
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There was even a one-woman off-Broadway show styled after the cookbook, in which Norma Jean cooked for the audience while sharing her family’s story.
—Kristen Hartke, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
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After Fonda and Tomlin met backstage at one of Tomlin’s one-woman shows, the two quickly found common ground in their careers and personal lives.
—Makena Gera, Peoplemag, 16 June 2024
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Gloria’s usually a one-woman show on her daytime shift, cooking and scrubbing floors and ringing up orders.
—Emily Heil, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
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Mike Tirico, who was behind the mic calling the game, said his team in the booth was well aware of the need to acknowledge the one-woman global phenomenon during Sunday's primetime broadcast.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
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The headlining one-woman, eight-man Sure Fire Soul Ensemble specializes in vintage funk and soul-jazz with a fresh contemporary sheen.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2023
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge used up most of the material from her one-woman stage show in Fleabag’s first season, but was able to eventually write an even more iconic second batch of episodes that felt like a miracle.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2024
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Ramen by Ra, named for its owner, Rasheeda Purdie, is a one-woman operation.
—Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2024
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The best-selling author starred in a one-woman show sharing deeply personal stories with the goal of entertaining — and transforming — others.
—Essence, 16 Dec. 2024
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