How to Use leading man in a Sentence

leading man

noun

• One reminder from the night was that West still was the leading man in this production.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
• Its leading man was Val Kilmer, who seemed less than thrilled to be clad as an astronaut.
  — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 16 July 2021
• Depp would have been a better fit, though: Damon is a little too sturdy for Gilliam, at least as a leading man.
  — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 30 July 2021
• Either way, fans are clamoring for another charismatic leading man to root for on his journey to love.
  — Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire, 9 Aug. 2021
• While there are a few contenders who fall into this category this year, the work leading men bring to the table is no less exciting.
  — EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024
• Not least among the things we’re invited to contemplate in this endlessly contemplative film is the beauty of its leading man.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2021
• My husband is my romantic leading man, strong companion and biggest supporter.
  — Dr. June Hall, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2021
• The consensus at the end of the Miami Heat’s brief playoff run was that Bam Adebayo needed to develop into more of a leading man.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 28 June 2021
• The Heat, since 2016 and Dwyane Wade’s initial departure, seemingly have been in search for a replacement leading man.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 10 July 2021
• As is the wont of a leading man, Kelce played a pivotal role.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2024
• So, yes, teams are erring on the side of caution with leading men.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• In the nearly three-minute clip, Spears reads lines with the film’s leading man Ryan Gosling.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
• With Lasso's shine fading, The Bear's leading man is the one to beat.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2024
• Among its charms is a scene in which the leading man appears to float through a room.
  — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2021
• Collin Sexton still has a lot of work to do as a leading man.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2022
• It’s the rhythm of a leading man, going somewhere and nowhere fast.
  — Dan Piepenbring, Harper’s Magazine , 18 Jan. 2022
• But at the end of season 3, Benedict doesn't seem to be ready to be the leading man quite yet.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 13 June 2024
• But at the end of season 3, Benedict doesn’t seem to be ready to be the leading man quite yet.
  — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 23 July 2024
• But for all the film's success, leading man Ryan Gosling would like a do-over.
  — Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 2 May 2024
• Roundtree was a leading man from the very start of his lifetime in screen acting.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023
• And that always is a tough call, about whether to put a struggling leading man back in the game.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2022
• Zach Shallcross, 26, is the new leading man on the 27th season of The Bachelor.
  — Women's Health, 23 Jan. 2023
• Any sign of Kim’s new leading man this early in the season?
  — Vogue, 15 Apr. 2022
• Superman has a new leading man … and a new outfit of the day.
  — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 6 May 2024
• De La Hoya, on the other hand, would have been a leading man in anyone’s book.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2022
• Levy has found his leading man, and Reynolds his secret weapon.
  — Alex Bhattacharji, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
• My Policeman marks the second of two films in which Styles has played the leading man this year.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2022
• Lowe, who played a supporting role in 2017, will return to the show at Mad Cow as the leading man.
  — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• Without its leading man at full strength, the show still went on in March Madness.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 18 Mar. 2023
• Meanwhile, things seem less clear for the future of Shōgun’s second leading man, Cosmo Jarvis, with no confirmation on Blackthorne’s comeback to the show yet.
  — Yasmeen Hamadeh, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024