man
noun
an adult male person.
mans
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present tense formof man (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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“I travel through at least eight to 10 towns to reach Mogadishu. But we don’t count the towns, we count the checkpoints and who mans them,” Mr Diriye says.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2024
Bernadette Christian, 59, a worker at Giant Food in Clinton, Maryland, mans six self-service stations at once, and she’s afraid to help or confront shoppers who she said have become angrier since the pandemic.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
“Who mans the cameras?” posted parent Kris Cabby in the Facebook group Parents Supporting Teachers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2023
In the ad, Affleck mans the drive-through booth at a Dunkin’ Donuts in Medford, Massachusetts with a Boston accent and shocks customers.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 12, 2023
“That’s the conclusion of the testing,” he informed her—or rather it—and Eldon Rosen, who regarded him with writhing worry; the elderly mans face contorted, shifted plastically with angry concern.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
