How to Use manned in a Sentence

manned

adjective
  • Not a single manned plane has yet been lost over Iran.
    — Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • These are now the deepest wreck dives, manned or unmanned, on record.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The crew of the first manned mission to the moon was finally home.
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2019
  • The company hopes to launch its first manned flights later this year.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 13 July 2018
  • That will come after the launch of a manned program, known as Gaganyaan.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2019
  • All-wing aircraft had been a goal of designers since the dawn of manned flight.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Oct. 2020
  • India hopes to complete a manned mission to the moon within three years.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 July 2019
  • The source also said the plane could be offered in manned and unmanned versions.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 May 2021
  • Ahead of any manned mission, robots have been scoping out Mars for years.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 11 Dec. 2019
  • This reduces the need to send manned aircraft into dense air defense zones.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Could the same happen during the long, manned missions planned for the moon and Mars?
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The launch of #China’s first manned mission to its #space station.
    — NBC News, 16 June 2021
  • Just grab a subway map — free from the manned station kiosks — or download one on your phone, and go for a ride.
    — Melanie Carroll, chicagotribune.com, 31 May 2017
  • This program is planning on being the first manned mission to Mars.
    — Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • However, just a few weeks later, the Wright brothers made a manned flight.
    — Nadezhda Kosareva, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The agency's long-term goal is to send a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s.
    — Chris Ciaccia, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • China, meanwhile, plans for manned landings on the moon in the mid-2020s.
    — Tom Jones, Popular Mechanics, 24 Apr. 2013
  • In this conflict, four manned aircraft have been destroyed, three to friendly fire and one in an accident.
    — Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The triple death was the latest misfortune to stalk the first manned Apollo mission.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
  • On June 2, the last day of school, students manned displays about their projects so parents could see the many good works from the week.
    — Sandra Engelland, star-telegram, 5 June 2017
  • The strikes were carried out by manned aircraft and from ships that launched cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea.
    — Joseph Weber, Fox News, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The autonomous vessels are being used to enhance the reach of the manned patrols.
    — Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
  • As a kid in the 1960s, I was really caught up in the manned spacecraft program.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 14 July 2019
  • Weitz was one of three astronauts in the first manned Skylab mission, in 1973.
    — kansascity, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Carolyn had been with NASA from the very beginning of manned spaceflight.
    — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • Eight years later, a team funded by the Microsoft founder Paul Allen sent a manned rocket aloft and won.
    — Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The simulator is an important part of the first human trip to the moon since the last manned flight there in 1972.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 4 June 2019
  • The four astronauts launched into space for the first manned moon mission in more than five decades on Wednesday, April 1.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But a manned mission to Mars isn’t the only reason to get excited about the 2030s.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 8 June 2022
  • The , or , is equipped with a manned submersible to collect deep-sea samples, including organisms and sediments.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025

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