Example Sentences

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We explain how Hulu’s “The Great,” with Elle Fanning as Catherine the Great and Nicholas Hoult as her manchild husband, pulled off its depraved games.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2023

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

By all accounts she seems delightful, funny, and overly accommodating of her brother Joe, who I picture as a gigantic Stay-Puft marshmallow manchild.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2019

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

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