How to Use man-made in a Sentence

man-made

adjective

• This is a threat that is entirely man-made.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Nov. 2025
• Opal can be man-made just like diamonds.
  — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
• Most lakes in this area are man-made, according to Spencer.
  — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026
• Be they mined or man-made, diamonds are in trouble.
  — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
• He’s man-made rather than a natural monster.
  — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• Why man-made instead of just going for the natural oil on its own?
  — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2026
• Moreover, 78% of them are man-made, and the rest are natural.
  — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2023
• But there’s a point of view from which technology isn’t entirely man-made.
  — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
• There are many forms of antioxidants, both natural and man-made.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Texas is a natural desert, with only one natural late (all other lakes are man-made).
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• In fact, almost every inch of the state’s barrier island beaches is now man-made.
  — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
• Recently, the team stumbled upon a strange structure that appeared to be man-made.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
• But the agencies are united, the official said, in the view that the virus was not man-made or developed as a bioweapon.
  — Joby Warrick, Ellen Nakashima and Shane Harris, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023
• The material is man-made from crushed quartz crystals combined with binders like resin and pigments for color.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
• Four years later more than 90% of the snow in Pyeongchang, South Korea, was man-made.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
• Plus, purism aside, there isn’t much of a difference between natural and man-made diamonds.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
• The bacteria is often found in natural and man-made water systems.
  — Mary Lebus, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
• The difference is that synthetics are man-made in a lab using chemicals and solvents.
  — Christine Ricciardi, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
• The aim is to churn out 3 million meters of fabric each month, whether natural or man-made, solid or print, knit or woven.
  — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
• There are too many of those for real, natural and man-made, to think anything merits the description where games are being played.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
• Synthetic, or man-made, vitamin B9 (the type found in supplements) is called folic acid.
  — Anthea Levi, Health, 7 Aug. 2024
• Arsenic is a toxic metal that can enter soil through natural and man-made activities.
  — Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 Apr. 2025
• According to Fauci, 10 of the 12 scientists thought the virus was man-made in a lab.
  — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
• Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs.
  — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
• Imagined the disasters, natural and man-made, that the artists who created them went through during their lifetimes.
  — Andrew Lavallee, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• The state always seems to be teetering on a precipice, or grappling with one crisis or another, either natural or man-made.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
• Latex Latex mattresses are made of a foam material that can be man-made or derived from rubber trees.
  — Suzy Forman, SELF, 14 Oct. 2024
• It’s been his routine for decades, through all manner of upheaval and events — social, political, natural and man-made.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
• Dinant is the perfect combination of natural and man-made beauty.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025