How to Use man in a Sentence

man

1 of 2 noun
Definition of mannext
Synonyms for mannext
  • He's a grown man now.
  • Are you man enough to meet the challenge?
  • He was a shy boy, but he grew to be a strong and confident man.
  • The movie is popular with men and women.
  • The man at the center of the brand’s peaks and valleys?
    — ELLE, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Up to the stage stepped the man of the hour — of the last half century.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • All over the North, Black men rushed to answer the call.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Well, like the man said, who knows what the future holds?
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2021
  • This is a man who used the tool of the golf club to fight for justice.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 2 July 2021
  • And a lot of times, movements are put in place to take the place of the white man.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The Falls man's parents were in the car and were injured.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2023
  • That man put in a lot of work and effort to grow our staff.
    — Will Coviello, NOLA.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • In the book, our man Fletch is engaged to an heiress from Italy.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Get the right man in place, and good things can happen.
    — Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Next-man-up turns out to be more than mantra for the Pacers.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Nov. 2021
  • And he wasn't told that by just anyone, but the man in charge.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 17 May 2022
  • Ohio State mixed up man and zone, and got beat in both.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The man in the video then walks out of view of the camera and across the subway platform.
    — Rob Frehse, CNN, 7 June 2022
  • McIntyre missed the mark a bit, as any grown man would.
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 22 June 2022
  • The victim fell to the ground as the van sped away with the man’s valuables, the report said.
    — Rosemary Sobol, chicagotribune.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • But the biggest thing about him is he’s such a great young man.
    — Giana Han, al, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Cézanne at the time was a hard painter to love and an even harder man to like.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • No man of the theatre has ever been more of the theatre, to the last row.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022
  • Finding the perfect present for the man in your life can be tricky.
    — Lauren Dana, SELF, 9 June 2022
  • Police said the man who died was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Beth decides the ranch is the best place to teach him a lesson on how to be a man.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 July 2021
  • Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, clocks in at 28 miles per hour.
    — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 3 July 2020
  • All but one of this off-season’s hires was a white man.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2021
  • Three men charged for their role in the attack on the Capitol have argued that the law was not intended to be used when people physically disrupt Congress.
    — Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2024
  • His adoptive mother, Tamara Moore, and a man, William Turnage, have been indicted in connection with his death.
    — The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2024
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man

2 of 2 verb
  • No one was manning the front desk.
  • We'll need someone to man the phones this evening.
  • He stocked shelves while I manned the cash register.
  • The wall needs to be rebuilt just in case and manned again.
    — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The staff was asked to take more shifts to man those spaces.
    — Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2020
  • So the idea was to man up everywhere and just to be spare in the back.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Prince Philip likes to spend his time manning the grill.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The guards were brought in at the request of the workers to man key stops in the floating city.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 22 Aug. 2021
  • From the start, Trump’s legal team has been out-manned by Mueller’s.
    — Shannon Pettypiece, Bloomberg.com, 2 May 2018
  • The lifeline is manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, 12 July 2019
  • Some also wonder if the F-35 will be the last new manned fighter in the line-up.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Prince Philip likes to spend his time manning the grill.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 24 Aug. 2017
  • Da Kine Poke mans a food truck in the beer garden that serves its full menu.
    — Lauren Delgado, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 May 2018
  • The last time it was fully manned was in August, for the total eclipse.
    — Donald Bradley, kansascity, 22 Jan. 2018
  • This is the first time maned wolf pups have been born at a zoo in Connecticut.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • In the final year of the war, the guard towers were no longer manned with armed soldiers and the men were able to leave the camp freely.
    — Time, 3 Jan. 2020
  • One of the enemy crew jumped up and prepared to man the weapon.
    — Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • There are reports that some states have the equipment in place, but may not have the staff to man the lines.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 July 2022
  • Prince Philip, on the other hand, likes to spend his time manning the grill.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 29 July 2019
  • Now, the question is which writers will man up and write about how wrong this is.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In some ways, Sarah also wants John B. to man up and stop running.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Scott would man the phones once a week at 10 a.m., briefing the other teams about his progress.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The Irish carrier is struggling to find enough cheap labour to man its flights.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • Who will man the middle of the zone with Vanderbilt out?
    — Fletcher Page, The Courier-Journal, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The group needs someone to man the phone at all hours, as more and more requests are coming in.
    — Judith Magyar, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • But now there aren’t enough CBP officers to man the booths.
    — Wendy Fry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2021
  • The fire & rescue bump will largely be to man a new fire station to be built in west Huntsville.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Few staff manned the entrances and exits, the report said.
    — Sabby Robinson, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The establishment’s chef, Evan Funke, was manning a pizza oven on the outdoor patio to offer guests pieces of pie.
    — Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • As Steven manned the livestream, Jacob tore away cellophane packaging.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024

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