single man

noun

, Checkers.

1. an individual checker restricted to forward moves, as contrasted with a king.

Example Sentences

Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, reported the court rejected the current government’s position that passing a law to allow same-sex couples and single men to have a child via surrogate was “unfeasible.”

From Washington Blade

The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday ruled same-sex couples and single men must be allowed to have a child via surrogate.

From Washington Blade

The vision and creation of a single man, self-taught sculptor Harvey Fite, the 6½-acre walkable earthworks sculpture is composed of steps, ramps, terraces, trenches, pools, statues and a 13-foot-high, nine-ton monolith.

From Washington Post

When they happened, the incidents at issue ranged from a group of women who chained themselves to City Hall, to a single man trespassing at a high school to Occupy San Diego.

From Voice of San Diego

With 91% of home buying decisions made by women and single women buying homes at twice the rate of single men, we knew that customization would be key when building the app.

From Fortune

Only in America can a company sell 4,000 bullets to a single man without asking any questions.

From The Daily Beast

A single man from 17 seasons is married to the woman he chose.

From The Daily Beast

Before 1973, a corporation seeking a tax favor need worry only about, convincing a single man or, at most, a few party leaders.

From The Daily Beast

In a way, one of the reasons I did [ A Single Man] was I thought, ‘This doesn’t feel ordinary to me.

From The Daily Beast

He says he might run in 2012 as a single-man kamikaze mission to take out Gingrich, which would be a very Tea Party thing to do.

From The Daily Beast

If there was a single man to compare with him it was Lafe Siggins, from the northern part of the state.

From Project Gutenberg

The Canadians did not lose a single man, neither did any of the others except the Queenslanders.

From Project Gutenberg

Under an infinitely good and powerful God, is it possible to conceive that a single man could suffer?

From Project Gutenberg

For six long months a court of inquiry sat, but it could not get evidence enough to convict a single man.

From Project Gutenberg

The attacking party were quiet enough now, for there was hardly a single man unwounded.

From Project Gutenberg