How to Use one-man in a Sentence
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The 26-year-old Clase was in some ways a one-man bullpen.
—Jim Ingraham, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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The plan is to bring my one-man show to the U.K. sometime next year.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
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The one-man sit-in mushroomed in the weeks after the attacks.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
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Might be time to run plays away from the one-man wrecking ball.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2024
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Face it, in some ways lately, he’s been a one-man team.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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Yet Trump’s one-man tariff arms race will keep the BOJ on hold.
—William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
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The size of the structures range from one-man shelters up to 24 people.
—Brett French, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
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Talk about your one-man show that began to turn things around.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
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The series is an adaptation of Gadd’s one-man stage show of the same name.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 25 June 2024
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The Mavericks, on the other hand, were more or less a one-man band.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
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Kiser likes to wear them tight enough that removing them isn’t a one-man job.
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
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This was not a one-man job, so Henrikh Mkhitaryan, aged 36, was asked to help.
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Those two specials played like one-man, off-Broadway shows, or an evening at The Moth.
—Will Digravio, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
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Robertson was not a one-man show, but definitely the star of the Bearcat team.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2024
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Who’s the lawyer who is on a one-man mission to block green energy projects across Ohio?
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 July 2023
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Something about the songs called out for more than a one-man, one-mic recording approach.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
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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
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Thorpe rushes, returns kicks and does all the kicking in putting on a one-man show.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
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Her dad and uncle even raced together, with a one-man pit crew, her dad.
—The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
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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
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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
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He’s been an in-demand actor and speaker and still performs a one-man show at least 40 times a year.
—Valli Herman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
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Butler came through with 28 points but Miami isn’t a one-man show.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2023
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While the lineup around him has gone cold recently, Ohtani has turned into a one-man Sho.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 22 Sep. 2024
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However, the Yankees’ offense has not been a one-man show.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 May 2025
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So, Hay decided to set about finding his own audience and take the one-man show honed at Largo on the road.
—Glenn Peoples, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2024
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In 2014, the Top Gun star was forced to cancel his one-man show after losing his voice, Kilmer revealed in the memoir.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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In 2014, the Top Gun star was forced to cancel his one-man show after losing his voice, Kilmer revealed in the memoir.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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Without a full band present, Stone became a one-man ensemble.
—Jose Valentino Ruiz, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
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In his one-man show Paris + Juliet, Day sings and dances and soliloquies his cruel fate.
—Allen Salkin, HollywoodReporter, 20 June 2025
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