How to Use man-made in a Sentence

man-made

adjective
  • This is a threat that is entirely man-made.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Opal can be man-made just like diamonds.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Opal can be man-made just like diamonds.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Most lakes in this area are man-made, according to Spencer.
    — Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Be they mined or man-made, diamonds are in trouble.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • He’s man-made rather than a natural monster.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Moreover, 78% of them are man-made, and the rest are natural.
    — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But there’s a point of view from which technology isn’t entirely man-made.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There are many forms of antioxidants, both natural and man-made.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Texas is a natural desert, with only one natural late (all other lakes are man-made).
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In fact, almost every inch of the state’s barrier island beaches is now man-made.
    — Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Recently, the team stumbled upon a strange structure that appeared to be man-made.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • But the agencies are united, the official said, in the view that the virus was not man-made or developed as a bioweapon.
    — Joby Warrick, Ellen Nakashima and Shane Harris, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The material is man-made from crushed quartz crystals combined with binders like resin and pigments for color.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Four years later more than 90% of the snow in Pyeongchang, South Korea, was man-made.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Plus, purism aside, there isn’t much of a difference between natural and man-made diamonds.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The bacteria is often found in natural and man-made water systems.
    — Mary Lebus, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The difference is that synthetics are man-made in a lab using chemicals and solvents.
    — Christine Ricciardi, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 28 June 2026
  • The aim is to churn out 3 million meters of fabric each month, whether natural or man-made, solid or print, knit or woven.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 June 2025
  • There are too many of those for real, natural and man-made, to think anything merits the description where games are being played.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Synthetic, or man-made, vitamin B9 (the type found in supplements) is called folic acid.
    — Anthea Levi, Health, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Arsenic is a toxic metal that can enter soil through natural and man-made activities.
    — Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs.
    — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Imagined the disasters, natural and man-made, that the artists who created them went through during their lifetimes.
    — Andrew Lavallee, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The state always seems to be teetering on a precipice, or grappling with one crisis or another, either natural or man-made.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Latex Latex mattresses are made of a foam material that can be man-made or derived from rubber trees.
    — Suzy Forman, SELF, 14 Oct. 2024
  • It’s been his routine for decades, through all manner of upheaval and events — social, political, natural and man-made.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Dinant is the perfect combination of natural and man-made beauty.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
  • Climate change is man-made and researchers from 67 countries are urging action to address its imminent threats.
    — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023

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