MEN in a Sentence

Learn MEN 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.

397 example sentences for MEN, such as:

1. One of the men nodded in confirmation.
2. Don't judge men or things at first sight.
3. The men are due to appear before the court tomorrow.
4. Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number.
5. Extra men are needed to secure the camp against attack.

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 Meanings and Examples of MEN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
men
 n.  plural of MAN
Classic Sentence: (195 in 14 pages)
1  I read of men concerned in public affairs, governing or massacring their species.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
2  The sun rose; I heard the voices of men and knew that it was impossible to return to my retreat during that day.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
3  You may render me the most miserable of men, but you shall never make me base in my own eyes.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
4  I hired men to row and took an oar myself, for I had always experienced relief from mental torment in bodily exercise.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
5  Yet it is terrible to reflect that the lives of all these men are endangered through me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
6  In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  One of the men nodded in confirmation.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
8  But here were books, and here were men who had penetrated deeper and knew more.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
9  Most of the remaining women were now having fights with men said to be their husbands.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
10  The hall was at present occupied by two deplorably sober men and their highly indignant wives.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
11  "Well, we're almost the last tonight," said one of the men sheepishly.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  They went upstairs to get ready while we three men stood there shuffling the hot pebbles with our feet.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  He watched while the two men standing closest glanced at each other and went unwillingly into the room.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
14  It excited him too that many men had already loved Daisy--it increased her value in his eyes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
15  Michaelis and several other men were with him--first four or five men, later two or three men.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  The men are due to appear before the court tomorrow.
17  While her observations may be true about some men, they could hardly apply to the entire gender.
18  The same general guidelines on when to dress formally apply to both men and women.
19  It's absolutely monstrous to pay men more than women for the same job.
20  The first method for estimating the intellingence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
21  Fair words and foul deeds cheat wise men as well as fools.
22  We'd better ask a few men to the party to balance up the numbers.
23  At the very least, men generally assume their ambivalent feelings are normal.
24  We should weep for men at their birth and not a t their death.
25  He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
26  Don't judge men or things at first sight.
27  Extra men are needed to secure the camp against attack.
28  I'm always wary of men wearing suits, as I equate this with power and authority.
29  Women have yet to achieve full equality with men in the workplace.
30  Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number.