How to Use one-man in a Sentence

one-man

adjective
  • The ball caromed to him for a one-man fast break.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Talk about your one-man show that began to turn things around.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Might be time to run plays away from the one-man wrecking ball.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 24 Nov. 2024
  • But the conference still feels like a one-man band.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
  • This isn’t a one-man poll on my opinion or somebody else’s.
    — Greg Cote june 19, Miami Herald, 19 June 2026
  • The post went viral, prompting him to write his one-man show.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
  • This isn’t a one-man Craig Stammen show.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025
  • This one-man show has turned into a wide-open race for the green jacket.
    — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Kiser likes to wear them tight enough that removing them isn’t a one-man job.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The one-man sit-in mushroomed in the weeks after the attacks.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Screen it in a one-man space pod after an excellent night’s sleep.
    — Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Her dad and uncle even raced together, with a one-man pit crew, her dad.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 25 May 2023
  • Crystal has had success with one-man shows before.
    — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Brunson still controls the game, but the offense isn’t a one-man show.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026
  • Something about the songs called out for more than a one-man, one-mic recording approach.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Norway, up to that point, was, for better and worse, Selvik’s one-man show.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
  • After all, in his mind, America is but a one-man show.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The Mavericks, on the other hand, were more or less a one-man band.
    — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
  • The series is an adaptation of Gadd’s one-man stage show of the same name.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 25 June 2024
  • Thorpe rushes, returns kicks and does all the kicking in putting on a one-man show.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The size of the structures range from one-man shelters up to 24 people.
    — Brett French, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Just kind of a one-man offense, running everything through him.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Who’s the lawyer who is on a one-man mission to block green energy projects across Ohio?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 July 2023
  • Call it a one-man eight-run swing and yet both games ended in defeats for the Angels.
    — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
  • Duff Goldman will be serving up laughs and sweet treats with a one-man show and dessert party.
    — Erin Clements, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
  • His has been a one-man crusade against complacency.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • Included in that is the start of a return to his one-man show and stand-up comedy roots.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Yet Trump’s one-man tariff arms race will keep the BOJ on hold.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Low Volts, his one-man, four-piece band, was named in his great-grandfather’s honor.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Robertson was not a one-man show, but definitely the star of the Bearcat team.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2024

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