How to Use one-woman in a Sentence

one-woman

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  • Revenues have been doubling year over year, and the team has grown from a one-woman band to a team of 12.
    Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The author will soon be staging her one-woman show in the city next month at Sony Hall.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Josephine soon joined the brothers and became their one-woman sales force.
    Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Nowadays, Joseph spreads the message of how to live an unmasked life in a one-woman show.
    Allie Caren, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • This win was a huge feat for the one-woman show as celebrities like Kendrick Lamar have been seen sporting her work on the day-to-day.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Dec. 2023
  • He was matched, note for note, by his very talented, one-woman, five-man band.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • But Leanne brings more to the table than Morgan’s one-woman routine.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025
  • Jean Smart will return to Broadway this summer in a one-woman show.
    Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Sarah Snook stars as Dorian Gray – and every other role – and has a 42.8 percent chance to win the Tony for the one-woman show.
    Ben Zauzmer, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
  • But, to quote the one-woman generational touchstone known as Pink, what about us?
    Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Rita Ora ended 2024 with a one-woman fashion show on New Year's Eve.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Kate Berlant is a great actor and a great comedian, and her one-woman show, Kate, was perfect.
    Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • Demand has been so brisk that owner McLean Robbins, who ran a one-woman shop before the pandemic, now has a team of 12.
    Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The actress has also been active in theater, at one time touring with a one-woman show about Eleanor Roosevelt.
    Danny Horn, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • After roles dried up, Dominique Blanc reclaimed her artistic agency by taking a one-woman play on the road.
    Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Has anything surprised you about being onstage as an actor in your one-woman show?
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Trending Then there’s Kathy Schroeder, an unrepentant survivor who proves to be a one-woman fount of cringe.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But an Aurora artist who operates a one-woman business in the city likes getting her hands dirty with concrete.
    David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Dietrich did indeed wear a beaded gown for her 1967 one-woman show on Broadway.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The story originates from a one-woman play by Aaron Mark, who then turned it into a podcast, and Mark serves as co-showrunner of this adaptation.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 26 June 2023
  • The one-woman Kleya infiltration to kill Luthen after he’s captured.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • The film is a 2022 recording of Jodie Comer’s one-woman performance of Suzie Miller’s stage play which has been watched by nearly half a million people worldwide.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 June 2024
  • After garnering rave reviews on the West End — and winning its star her first Olivier — the one-woman show has made its way to Broadway with all the wit, winks, and flourishes promised by the buzz.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Kadar Wati runs a mostly one-woman show at Wayang, a small Indonesian restaurant in Alhambra.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • No Tiene Nombre: A one-woman show that features the oral histories of Latina lesbian elders.
    Jake Richardson, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2025
  • These are the recipes that launched a cultural revolution and created a mogul out of a one-woman catering business.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
  • The show is described as a one-woman musical comedy that is definitely NOT about the ever-present specter of death.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 July 2024
  • Discussing the challenges of her one-woman show — including 75 pages of source material — Smart shrugged off any notion of fear.
    Aliza Sessler, People.com, 13 June 2025
  • At the time of her pregnancy loss, Anne Hathaway was playing a pregnant fighter pilot in a one-woman off-Broadway show called Grounded.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In the play, Erivo will be playing 23 roles in the one-woman show.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026

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