Example Sentences

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To the manchild I love, that character and most of what surrounded it marked the death of any nostalgia he held for “Star Wars.”

From Salon • May 25, 2024

Roethlisberger arrived with more fanfare four years later when Dan Rooney insisted the Steelers grab the 6-foot-5 manchild from Ohio with the 11th choice.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2022

He’s a manchild adrift in a sea of intrigue, guided by the same advisers who whispered into the ear of a father he despised.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2019

J. is a semi-employed manchild who lives in Venice with a couple of cats.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2018

There was only one future in that house, and it was Gabriel’s—to which, since Gabriel was a manchild, all else must be sacrificed.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin