How to Use man-made in a Sentence

man-made

adjective
  • By the 1950s, a motel and man-made lake had been added.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Well, in fact, all famines in the modern era are man-made.
    — Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
  • Moreover, 78% of them are man-made, and the rest are natural.
    — Mimansa Verma, Quartz, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But the agencies are united, the official said, in the view that the virus was not man-made or developed as a bioweapon.
    — Joby Warrick, Ellen Nakashima and Shane Harris, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But the agencies are united, the official said, in the view that the virus was not man-made or developed as a bioweapon.
    — Shane Harris, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Just as was the case for the Utes in the Pac-12, there are complications involved in that, some of them natural, most of them man-made.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • Recently, the team stumbled upon a strange structure that appeared to be man-made.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Most of the bed is man-made without heavy factory machinery.
    — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 7 May 2023
  • The ecological devastation that happened in the 1930s across the Great Plains were man-made and provoked.
    — Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • There are many forms of antioxidants, both natural and man-made.
    — John Dorfman, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Synthetic, or man-made, vitamin B9 (the type found in supplements) is called folic acid.
    — Anthea Levi, Health, 7 Aug. 2024
  • There are too many of those for real, natural and man-made, to think anything merits the description where games are being played.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
  • There are too many of those for real, natural and man-made, to think anything merits the description where games are being played.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Texas is a natural desert, with only one natural late (all other lakes are man-made).
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The difference is that synthetics are man-made in a lab using chemicals and solvents.
    — Christine Ricciardi, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Plus, purism aside, there isn’t much of a difference between natural and man-made diamonds.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Crews had been removing natural and man-made debris in forests across the country over the past few weeks to prevent such a disaster, Stampoulidis said.
    — Paul Tugwell, Fortune Europe, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The singing of the sand – which sounds more like a whistle or roar – is a natural phenomenon that occurs across the world, and can be man-made by visitors who rub or slap the sand between their hands.
    — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Beyond these iconic waters, the U.S. boasts a myriad of other lakes—natural and man-made, named and unnamed.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Imagined the disasters, natural and man-made, that the artists who created them went through during their lifetimes.
    — Andrew Lavallee, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Gulf Coast shrimpers have been pummeled in recent years by natural and man-made disasters, as well as rising fuel costs.
    — Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Off the coast of Sicily, Italy, a scuba diver scanned the seafloor for anything that looked man-made or generally just interesting.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The border is technically man-made: It was drawn on a map by the governments of America and Britain, which controlled Canada until 1867.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2025
  • Climate change is man-made and researchers from 67 countries are urging action to address its imminent threats.
    — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • The state always seems to be teetering on a precipice, or grappling with one crisis or another, either natural or man-made.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The state always seems to be teetering on a precipice, or grappling with one crisis or another, either natural or man-made.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Latex Latex mattresses are made of a foam material that can be man-made or derived from rubber trees.
    — Suzy Forman, SELF, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Still, the Design Museum points out, even Monet’s original is synthetic on some level, as his pond and gardens were man-made.
    — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Framing your pool with a modern retaining wall will create a contrast between the natural and man-made elements of your yard.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Fragrance oils are man-made, such as sandalwood and cedarwood in the Hotel Lobby Signature Candle.
    — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024

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