How to Use one-woman in a Sentence

one-woman

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  • Josephine soon joined the brothers and became their one-woman sales force.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Oct. 2023
  • He was matched, note for note, by his very talented, one-woman, five-man band.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Sheer talent is essential and Texas is no one-woman gang.
    — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The comment hurt Amy, but also helped inspire her one-woman show.
    — Ilana Frost, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In the play, Erivo will be playing 23 roles in the one-woman show.
    — Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Nowadays, Joseph spreads the message of how to live an unmasked life in a one-woman show.
    — Allie Caren, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Revenues have been doubling year over year, and the team has grown from a one-woman band to a team of 12.
    — Byorianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The author will soon be staging her one-woman show in the city next month at Sony Hall.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Has anything surprised you about being onstage as an actor in your one-woman show?
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Robin became an artist with a one-woman show at a downtown gallery and the front-page article went on the fridge, too.
    — Michael Weissenstein, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Jean Smart will return to Broadway this summer in a one-woman show.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025
  • But Leanne brings more to the table than Morgan’s one-woman routine.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2025
  • But, to quote the one-woman generational touchstone known as Pink, what about us?
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The New York Times #1 bestseller was based on her one-woman show of the same name.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In many regards, Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus is a one-woman show.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Bushnell launched her one-woman show in 2021 off-Broadway.
    — Samantha Dunn, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
  • Erivo's next project will be Dracula, a one-woman play on the West End stage.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
  • This win was a huge feat for the one-woman show as celebrities like Kendrick Lamar have been seen sporting her work on the day-to-day.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But defense isn’t a one-woman effort, and Stokes plays only 22 minutes.
    — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Or just show up to watch the parade and take in the dancers, marching band, magicians, one-woman circus variety show, and more.
    — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Kate Berlant is a great actor and a great comedian, and her one-woman show, Kate, was perfect.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • The closest comparison might be to show tunes—but for a one-woman play that’s gone 19 years without a curtain call.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But an Aurora artist who operates a one-woman business in the city likes getting her hands dirty with concrete.
    — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025
  • What began as a one-woman operation has quickly evolved into a thriving team of 20 in less than two years.
    — Essence, 14 Aug. 2025
  • These are the recipes that launched a cultural revolution and created a mogul out of a one-woman catering business.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
  • After roles dried up, Dominique Blanc reclaimed her artistic agency by taking a one-woman play on the road.
    — Laura Cappelle, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The actress has also been active in theater, at one time touring with a one-woman show about Eleanor Roosevelt.
    — Danny Horn, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Bruni Tedeschi is in a one-woman play for too long, and the film finally has a chance to sing as Merlant re-enters the picture.
    — Blake Simons, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Chelsea’s relationship with O’Donnell, who is mom to five, is explored in Rosie’s one-woman show.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The one-woman Kleya infiltration to kill Luthen after he’s captured.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

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