: of or relating to just one individual: such as
a
: consisting of only one individual
a one-man committee
b(1)
: done, presented, or produced by only one individual
a one-man stage play
(2)
: featuring the work of a single artist (such as a painter)
a one-man show of oils
c
: designed for or limited to one individual
Examples of one-man in a Sentence
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That storytelling was born out of creator and star Richard Gadd’s real-life experience with stalking that began as a one-man stage show and was woven into a darkly comic miniseries about isolation and the aftereffects of abuse.
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Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
The performance led to more success for Gadd who then wrote his one-man play, Baby Reindeer in 2019.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Their relationship forms the foundation of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, a darkly comedic psychological thriller based on Gadd’s real-life ordeal and adapted from his award-winning one-man show.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
The Mark Taper has begun to offer some programming again (a return of Alex Edelman’s one-man show and a Michael Feinstein concert) and plans to announce a new season that its artistic director, Snehal Desai, says will focus heavily on weekends to accommodate the weakness in weekday attendance.
—Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Hagen starred in the one-man show, A Playful Dose of Prairie Wisdom, based on Doc Baker.
—Melissa Girimonte, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
For the second consecutive year, the Scudetto race has been a one-man show: Last year, Napoli claimed the Serie A crown with multiple games to spare, while this year, table toppers Inter Milan are marching authoritatively toward their 20th league title.
—Daniele Proch, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
In recent years, Springsteen has revealed, via memoir and a one-man Broadway show, his struggles with depression, inherited from his factory-worker father.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2024
In Haiti, the militarized coercion of the Louverture era and its immediate successors coalesced into a pattern of one-man rule, even as the country’s development was hamstrung by punitive foreign debts.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024
The performance led to more success for Gadd who then wrote his one-man play, Baby Reindeer in 2019.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
Their relationship forms the foundation of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer, a darkly comedic psychological thriller based on Gadd’s real-life ordeal and adapted from his award-winning one-man show.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
The Mark Taper has begun to offer some programming again (a return of Alex Edelman’s one-man show and a Michael Feinstein concert) and plans to announce a new season that its artistic director, Snehal Desai, says will focus heavily on weekends to accommodate the weakness in weekday attendance.
—Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Hagen starred in the one-man show, A Playful Dose of Prairie Wisdom, based on Doc Baker.
—Melissa Girimonte, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
For the second consecutive year, the Scudetto race has been a one-man show: Last year, Napoli claimed the Serie A crown with multiple games to spare, while this year, table toppers Inter Milan are marching authoritatively toward their 20th league title.
—Daniele Proch, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
In recent years, Springsteen has revealed, via memoir and a one-man Broadway show, his struggles with depression, inherited from his factory-worker father.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2024
In Haiti, the militarized coercion of the Louverture era and its immediate successors coalesced into a pattern of one-man rule, even as the country’s development was hamstrung by punitive foreign debts.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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“One-man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-man. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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