How to Use manager in a Sentence

manager

noun
  • I'd like to speak to the manager, please.
  • The manager decided to change pitchers in the eighth inning.
  • He was promoted to manager last year.
  • The actress recently fired her manager.
  • The team's general manager acquired five new players for the upcoming season.
  • But where does that leave them when and if the man in the manager’s chair changes next season?
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 7 Sep. 2023
  • My managers took the threat seriously as well, putting my wife and I up in a hotel.
    Chris Gloninger, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
  • The fact is, reputation travels, and so does word-of-mouth among managers.
    Ebony Flake, Essence, 18 Jan. 2024
  • For now, Beardsley and Frances Brown, who will be the cafe’s manager, are spitballing ideas.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Even those managers who just want their now-remote workers to show up at the office a few days a week are often forced to back down.
    Marshall Ingwerson, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
  • His manager, John McGraw, was always on the hefty catcher to lose weight.
    Bill Swank, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Benji: No magic manager was going to come in and solve all the problems.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The bank manager then called 911 and told police about Millet’s remarks.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
  • Park works alongside his wife, Ellia Park, who works as the restaurant manager.
    Emily Rochotte, Redbook, 20 July 2023
  • The 32-year-old supply chain manager is tired of casual dating, and ready to settle down for good.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Texas’ general manager, Chris Young, is one of Kershaw’s longtime friends in the sport.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Demas is hopeful that American land managers will start to catch on soon.
    Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The agonies of creation were not the manager’s concern.
    Andrew O’Hagan, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • And her club manager had already packed up and headed off to celebrate the winners.
    Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023
  • Scientists and lake managers have issued pleas for the public to not abandon pets outside.
    Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Shelley, 35, who took Bryant’s last name, now works as a manager at a federal credit union in Virginia.
    Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Apple’s and Google’s password vaults already support passkeys, and so do password managers like 1Password and Dashlane.
    Jon Porter, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Starting on May 20, supervisors and managers will be required to report to their offices or work in the field a minimum of twice per week.
    Maya Miller, Sacramento Bee, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Last month, Amazon managers received the green light to fire employees who ignored the return-to-office mandate.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • But general manager Thomas Frietag says most guests stay for seven to 10 days.
    Katie Jackson, Robb Report, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But with the takeover, its members no longer have any power, replaced by a board of managers appointed by the Texas Education Agency.
    J. David Goodman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Elliot played the older brother and manager to Cooper’s rock star Jackson Maine.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Women tend to feel greater pressure than men to accept a dry promotion and often don't take up the issue with their managers, Smith said, citing job coaches.
    Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Even the late Steve Jobs—the genius and notoriously thankless manager who co-founded Apple—in Gates’ opinion, did the same.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Peck has a recurring role as the manager to Cosgrove's titular Carly Shay in seasons 2 and 3.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023

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