MAN in a Sentence

Learn MAN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

417 example sentences for MAN, such as:

1. A man is known by his friends.
2. No man is a hero to his valet.
3. Calamity is man's true touchstone.
4. A man is either free or he is not.
5. The man was on trial for killing sb.

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 Meanings and Examples of MAN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
man
 n.  an individual human
 n.  an adult male human being
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Then the old man's face wrinkled itself slowly into a new expression.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  'I'm a poor man, your Majesty,' he began.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI. Who Stole the Tarts?
3  The artist erected a man in the front yard, that resembled a derrick.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  Guy of Guisborne wants no man's pass.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
5  Mary knew the fair young man who looked like a boy.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  "Awfully," the young man answered in a trembling voice.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
7  The young man whose name was Barney looked at her very sadly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  Tom resolved that he would never trust a man like that again.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
9  Oh, he was the noblest man that ever was.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
10  He lets me, and so does his pap's nigger man, Uncle Jake.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
11  De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man take his own way.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV.
12  That pleased the old man till he couldn't rest.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V.
13  The old man made me go to the skiff and fetch the things he had got.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI.
14  I doan k'yer what de widder say, he warn't no wise man nuther.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV.
15  You always read as a black's a man an a brother.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence: (207 in 14 pages)
16  One man's fault is another man's lesson.
17  Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
18  A man is either free or he is not.
19  Often and little eating makes a man fat.
20  A man can not spin and reel at the same time.
21  Fortune knocks once at least at every man's door.
22  A man cannot whistle and drink at he same time.
23  Wealth is the test of a man's character.
24  A man is known by his friends.
25  No man is a hero to his valet.
26  The dog led the blind man across the road.
27  The man was on trial for killing sb.
28  A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.
29  A true man and a thief think not the same.
30  Calamity is man's true touchstone.