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With those kids now grown and married, this grandfather feels that the focus on being a mensch, rather than being rich, paid off.—Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025 This was especially magnanimous of Lander, who seems like a real mensch.—Steven W. Thrasher
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025 Even their romantic partners aren't immune from the indignities of the cartoonish plots: Charlotte's eternal mensch of a husband, Harry (Evan Handler), ends up peeing his pants in one episode.—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 May 2025 My most vivid memory of that meal was that he was approached probably a half-dozen times by fans, and was warm and friendly to all of them, a true mensch.—Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for mensch
Word History
Etymology
Yiddish mentsh human being, from Middle High German mensch, from Old High German mennisco; akin to Old English man human being, man
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