How to Use superman in a Sentence

superman

noun

• Flowers, origami cranes, and a superman doll were among the items left on the ground below their names.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2017
• As far as the theories of Nordic superman, that sort of racial triumphalism went out of favor with the Nazis.
  — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2013
• Jackson’s fourth-quarter feats were the stuff of legend, part Willis Reed, part superman.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 15 Dec. 2020
• Huff led them into a series of poses, from the tree pose to the superman pose, where the men lay on their mats with their arms stretched forward and legs lifted in the back.
  — Johnny Diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• Lionel Messi tried his luck early on with a curling free-kick in the ninth minute but Jaume Domenech cleared it away with a superman punch.
  — SI.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• The superman logo also appears in on the bedspread for a plush round bed upstairs.
  — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 9 Sep. 2020
• Daylight, as he is referred to throughout the story, has been in Alaska since the late 1880s and is known as a superman among supermen.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Nov. 2020
• Keep your neck and back in a neutral plane. Hold the superman for a few seconds at the top of the movement, then slowly lower back down to starting position.
  — Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2021
• Davis connects with a hard superman punch and then follows with another punch behind it.
  — Todd Martin, latimes.com, 24 June 2017
• The astronaut mold was supposed to produce infallible supermen full of the right stuff.
  — David Whitley, orlandosentinel.com, 10 May 2019
• Police said Kirk was last seen wearing jeans, a black button up shirt, a grey hoodie, a blue and maroon superman hoodie and tan Timberland-like boots.
  — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• For something more active in the mountains, hiking and cycling are popular, along with the world's longest zip line, superman style, a series of six ziplines, and the sledder.
  — Michele Robson, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• His series pondered America’s love for supermen who fought crime, defeated bad guys, and always lived on the right side of justice.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2019
• The neighborhoods desperately need a superman or a mayor who knows how to deliver like a superhero in words and in deeds.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 14 May 2017
• This game is likely to feature both Joe Burrow finding his favorite wide receiver targets and Josh Allen playing superman running down the field.
  — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
• In other words, these researchers found, Babe Ruth was basically a hitting superman.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 6 Feb. 2017
• Dr. Atl, a cultural force before the revolution’s start, ended up peddling Nietzschean schemes of superman rule from the top.
  — Holland Cotter, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2016
• Some of your upper-body exercises in today's workout—namely the superman with arm pulldown and the forearm plank reach—are also great for core engagement.
  — Amy Eisinger, M.a., SELF, 31 Dec. 2019
• With expressive brushwork, the muscular superman’s dynamic thrust, magnified by the serpentine twirl of his crimson cloak, is paired with the flying fur on the fearsome boar’s snarling head.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
• The superman exercise is one of those effective bodyweight moves that works practically every single muscle in the body.
  — Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2021
• The Power and the Glory (1933) embodied the hankering for a superman in title, sentiment, and central character.
  — Thomas Doherty, Slate Magazine, 30 Mar. 2017
• Brian started out as a nerdy college kid with a passion for science, and eventually was developed into a strapping blond superman by artist Alan Davis.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 21 July 2022
• Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge are the apex of baseball evolution, the point to which everything has led—massive dingers hit by gargantuan supermen, every ball off the bat a screamer at 110 mph.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• But in Jünger’s vision—outlined in his 1932 treatise, The Worker—Germany’s soldiers and workers would join into a single mass of supermen to stave off the coming empire of commercial society.
  — Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
• For much of his life, President Donald Trump has promoted himself as a virtual superman who has endless energy, needs little sleep, rarely gets sick and excelled at sports in his youth.
  — Peter Baker, Star Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
• The 25-year-old Brazilian fighter put on a wild show during his fight against 33-year-old Canadian native Connelly, with a performance that featured backflips, superman punches, and flying knees.
  — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 15 Sep. 2019
• The thrilling piece presented here centers on 34-year-old Russian freediver Alexey Molchanov, a superman of the sport, whose holistic approach to diving makes for fascinating reading.
  — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 16 Mar. 2023
• Our prayers and good wishes continue to go out to all those superwomen and supermen in our community right now who are doing it all to support and protect their families during this unprecedented time.
  — Charli Penn, Essence, 3 Apr. 2020
• General modern histories find pestilence and disease rather dull when compared to national supermen, which are most often military generals.
  — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, 5 Aug. 2019
• In a civilization that’s shrugged off God, Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, an Übermensch (literally: superman) operates within his own morality, striving for greatness no matter how it might be misunderstood or reviled by the masses.
  — Jon Mooallem, WIRED, 22 May 2017

Last Updated: 15 Aug 2024