Example Sentences

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The corner shop Ramji Dharod has manned for over six decades is now on the brink of closure.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

A staple at nickel, Gushiken has manned the position well, making plays and reminding coaches why he’s in line for perhaps an even more fruitful season than last.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024

Barry Glendenning has manned his hoofer-doofer and, like the rest of us, watched the fun unfold on TV.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2021

T. J. Rivera, who has manned first base recently in Lucas Duda’s absence, collected three hits, raising his batting average to .309 in 19 games.

From New York Times • May 9, 2017

That thought has manned me and upheld me when anguish was near to slaying me outright.

From The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro by Sabatini, Rafael