How to Use leading man in a Sentence

leading man

noun
  • The leading men have changed this year.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
  • And then to have that come from a leading man type.
    — H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The hunky leading man was happy to take on the moniker.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • So, yes, teams are erring on the side of caution with leading men.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
  • This was a big deal for the leading man that sent shockwaves through the set.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Chavoor told the lead man to tie the rope to the railing on the third landing.
    — Sean Flynn, Esquire, 9 Mar. 2017
  • Among its charms is a scene in which the leading man appears to float through a room.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Collin Sexton still has a lot of work to do as a leading man.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2022
  • For decades, Johnson was a leading man for hire.
    — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 12 Nov. 2025
  • And Teller is still a leading man.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Which means he may be stuck, for better or worse, as a leading man rather than a weirdo.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • As is the wont of a leading man, Kelce played a pivotal role.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Highmore is a leading man now, but the actor has come a long way.
    — Temi Adebowale, Country Living, 11 July 2018
  • Being a leading man in a box office draw, all of that stuff is cool.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Levy has found his leading man, and Reynolds his secret weapon.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
  • All four of the leading men had been with the show since the beginning.
    — Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There was a point when Dion was the Heat's leading man on the wing.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Roundtree was a leading man from the very start of his lifetime in screen acting.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
  • All the leading men were oh-so-dapper in their crispy tuxedos.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
  • This leading man didn't shy away from adding some major bling to his red carpet look.
    — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
  • There were rumors last month that Styles was in talks to play the film’s leading man.
    — cleveland.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • And that always is a tough call, about whether to put a struggling leading man back in the game.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Superman has a new leading man … and a new outfit of the day.
    — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 6 May 2024
  • But Bale always gives you his all, even in a role a lot of leading men would sleep through.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The classic idea of the leading man seems almost opposed to your work.
    — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025
  • But unlike those three, he’s never been cast truly as a leading man.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2026
  • And as the star of two movies out this winter, his value as a leading man is confirmed.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
  • When given a rare turn as a leading man, Stanton more than made the most of it.
    — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2017
  • The next James Bond movie is in the works, but the film's leading man has yet to be cast.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • But for all the film's success, leading man Ryan Gosling would like a do-over.
    — Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 2 May 2024

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