single man
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Pete Davidson is a single man again — but it’s the first time he’s been a single dad.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
The separation of powers provides safeguards against threats to liberty stemming from the accumulation of powers in any single man or institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025
A will from 2019 mentions that he’s a single man and leaves his residual estate to six children.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2025
I was a single man and I ended up living back with my family in Afghanistan.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2024
Not a single man tried to avoid his gaze.
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
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