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Examples of fellow man in a Sentence
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And his role was to just … Meiselas: Report on his fellow men.
—Lucy McKeon, New York Times, 3 June 2024
With the lights up, a town meeting shifts gears into a trial of sorts — one in which Thomas, who had sought to protect his fellow man, must defend himself, and does not know how, if the truth is not enough.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
Also, the new laws of the Governments of the U.N. will take care of things like nutrition, housing, and other postnatal care of you and yours, so there will be nothing left to do except be devoted to the service of your fellow men.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
Don’t many of the world’s religions forbid acting in a way to enslave your fellow man with debt?
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
The loss of a friend and family member several years ago prompted me to express my feelings in rhyme: Friendship What is life without a friend, A chance to bond with fellow man?
—Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
What is good for my fellow man?
—Shelia Poole, ajc, 21 Jan. 2022
Unfortunately, that includes the demographic of Professional Athlete -- many of whom, unsurprisingly, don't care enough about their fellow man, much less their teammates, to spend 2 minutes of their privileged lives to save lives less privileged than theirs.
—Arkansas Online, 10 June 2021
Generous, empathetic, kind to our fellow man.
—Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 Nov. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1667, in the meaning defined above
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“Fellow man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fellow%20man. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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fellow man
noun
: a human being of similar nature
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