How to Use man-child in a Sentence

man-child

noun

• Sandler played the titular role of a man-child repeating grades one through 12.
  — Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
• Lakis plays Miranda, Daniel’s estranged wife, who has grown weary of his man-child antics.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• In reality, Pee-wee Herman was nothing like us at all, a dreamy man-child in a red bow tie whose sugary smile could curl into a punky scowl.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• The short answer is easy: Because an overgrown super-rich man-child with no impulse control decided to further trash his latest toy.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 July 2023
• Whether in the interview scenes or in the flashbacks, his hushed intensity suggests a fractured man-child who was never properly socialized.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
• Miller gives us a giddy man-child, suddenly given powers beyond their comprehension and wild to the possibilities of this newfound need for speed.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2023
• Playing the disconnected man-child still married to a woman who preyed upon him as a seventh-grader, Melton tinged his character’s agony with a heartbreaking sadness that lingered long after the film ended.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• Just when this man-child is ready to take responsibility, his actual child has zero interest in being parented.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
• The answer could be more complicated and intensely captivating than the mercurial man-child himself.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• Emotionally and physically abused by his tyrannical father, Jackson grew up to become a misfit man-child credibly accused — though never convicted — of molesting multiple young boys.
  — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024