How to Use one-man in a Sentence

one-man

adjective

• The ball caromed to him for a one-man fast break.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
• Talk about your one-man show that began to turn things around.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
• Might be time to run plays away from the one-man wrecking ball.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2024
• But the conference still feels like a one-man band.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
• This isn’t a one-man poll on my opinion or somebody else’s.
  — Greg Cote june 19, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
• The post went viral, prompting him to write his one-man show.
  — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
• This isn’t a one-man Craig Stammen show.
  — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
• This one-man show has turned into a wide-open race for the green jacket.
  — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
• Kiser likes to wear them tight enough that removing them isn’t a one-man job.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• The one-man sit-in mushroomed in the weeks after the attacks.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
• Screen it in a one-man space pod after an excellent night’s sleep.
  — Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
• Her dad and uncle even raced together, with a one-man pit crew, her dad.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
• Crystal has had success with one-man shows before.
  — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
• Brunson still controls the game, but the offense isn’t a one-man show.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026
• Something about the songs called out for more than a one-man, one-mic recording approach.
  — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
• Norway, up to that point, was, for better and worse, Selvik’s one-man show.
  — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
• After all, in his mind, America is but a one-man show.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
• The Mavericks, on the other hand, were more or less a one-man band.
  — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
• The series is an adaptation of Gadd’s one-man stage show of the same name.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 25 June 2024
• Thorpe rushes, returns kicks and does all the kicking in putting on a one-man show.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• The size of the structures range from one-man shelters up to 24 people.
  — Brett French, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Just kind of a one-man offense, running everything through him.
  — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
• During a one-man show, the sound of rain and thunder blasted above the crowd gathered at his feet.
  — Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
• Who’s the lawyer who is on a one-man mission to block green energy projects across Ohio?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 July 2023
• Call it a one-man eight-run swing and yet both games ended in defeats for the Angels.
  — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
• Duff Goldman will be serving up laughs and sweet treats with a one-man show and dessert party.
  — Erin Clements, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
• His has been a one-man crusade against complacency.
  — Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 May 2026
• Included in that is the start of a return to his one-man show and stand-up comedy roots.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
• Yet Trump’s one-man tariff arms race will keep the BOJ on hold.
  — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
• Low Volts, his one-man, four-piece band, was named in his great-grandfather’s honor.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025