How to Use to a man in a Sentence
to a man
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An unknown suspect broke the window to a man’s work truck and stole his tools.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
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Cameron Brink is White, blonde, engaged to a man, and looks like a supermodel.
—Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026
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Michelle Saniei, without being shackled to a man, has come into her own and managed to pop out from a crowded field.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026
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An unplayable Messi whizzed by his United markers on his way to a man-of-the-match performance.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 7 July 2026
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One of those scams involved an elderly resident handing roughly $420,000 in gold to a man that showed up on their driveway.
—Drew Pittock, USA Today, 5 July 2026
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This wasn’t all attributable to a man who left the building right when the sun started cutting through the sheet of clouds – thanks, Obama – but the vibes suited that man’s appearance, and vice-versa.
—Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 24 July 2026
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Nolan felt the actor, who is now 30 but often gets cast as much younger characters, brought the mixture of innocence and maturity required for someone who grows emotionally from a boy to a man over the course of the story.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026
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Surveillance footage eventually led investigators to a man who has since confessed to transporting Ross’ body in the suitcase, Greek police said, according to the outlet.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
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That year, the AAU gave a 2012 leadership award to a man named Rick Butler, one of the country’s most prominent girls’ volleyball coaches at the time.
—Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026
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The vignettes range from aliens crashing a slumber party to a man suffering a rogue ocular transplant, but the finest segments come courtesy of original Blair Witch Project director Eduardo Sánchez and The Raid (2011) filmmaker Gareth Evans.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
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