How to Use the next man/person in a Sentence

the next man/person

noun

• In the room, talk turned to preparing the table for the next man.
  — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 26 June 2023
• As each one was escorted out, then the next person would stand up.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
• Some lay down for a minute before hopping up to give the next person a glimpse.
  — K.c. Alfred, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2024
• But all of a sudden the culture sucked him up, spit him out, and went on to the next person.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
• What one person wants or needs to feel safe may be different from the next person.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• These stages may impact you more or less intensely than the next person.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• Mark Vientos, the next man up, responded with a grand slam to blow open the game.
  — Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2024
• Davis Fleming, the next man in the order, had a pair of singles and a pair of walks.
  — Dave Wright, Twin Cities, 12 June 2025
• His job was to transfer boxes from the truck onto the line, then push them to the next person, who scanned them.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2024
• Your cart will subsequently go to the next person in line, and the process repeats.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
• The record and beliefs of the next man to take the mantle will be scrutinized for clues as to the church’s next move.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
• Who’s the next person in the White House matters — but not as much as what’s in front of them.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
• Will the next person follow in Aguirre’s footsteps or shift tactics?
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025
• And so the next person to fill it would be qualified by civil-service standards.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
• Any little event could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, leading you to unleash the beast on the next person who adds to your stress.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
• Stroud is still confident in his connection with the next man up on Houston's depth chart.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 10 Oct. 2024
• That's because she and the next person on our list were not selected for teams on a day 2 schoolyard pick 'em.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
• One wall is covered with meal tickets that customers have already paid for, hoping to help the next person in need.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
• If Strange is not ready, rookie Atonio Mafi likely would be the next man up.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• Anunoby may not be able to play, but the Knicks believe — even if others don’t — the next man will step up and fill the void.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 9 May 2024
• The page asks travelers to update the journal before passing it along to the next person who finds it.
  — Sydney Bishop, CNN, 29 June 2024
• Required to pick the next person, Punkin chose Nick, who then had to choose between the other two.
  — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2024
• Everyone has a very strong opinion about it, and with a few small exceptions, no one is more right or wrong than the next person.
  — Pete Cottell, Wired News, 12 June 2025
• Holden grew frustrated and decided to rob the next person to walk past, the complaint states.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024
• With Kolek bumped up in the rotation, who exactly is the next man up after … the next man up?
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
• Elias didn’t say one way or the other when asked at the end of camp whether Holliday would be the next man up on the infield.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
• In that equation, Willard or the next person in his job, would never be the undisputed big dog on campus.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
• But David still sets up Mary to declare the next person voted out should be Kamilla.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
• The 6-foot-10 junior had only started one game in his career but was the next man up, called on to keep the ship afloat.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2024
• Radio in hand, Steven Rustemeyer ushers the next person aboard the bus.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023