Sentence examples for lack of a man from inspiring English sources

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The lack of a man.

It was in part the lack of a man in her boys' lives that made her plug her father's name into an Internet search engine in January 2002.

87 min: Palace have covered the lack of a man pretty well but Cardiff have had a period of sustained possession, broken when Scannell cleverly shields the ball and wins the foul.

The lush and rudely punishing "Summertime," made in Venice in 1954, inaugurated a series of films that might be called Hepburn's Spinster Cycle, in all of which an intelligent, middle-aged, and previously independent woman is reduced to desperation by her lack of a man; the old tacked-on endings were now the main event.

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At Marshall University, Leonard J. Kraus II finds that recruits for the women's swimming team he is creating are put off by the lack of a men's team; such camaraderie is a training aid for such a demanding sport.

The lack of a setup man for closer Todd Jones could be a big void for an otherwise formidable team.

Navas also crossed for that crucial De Bruyne miss and while City continued to dominate possession, Chelsea took charge – and took advantage of City's lack of a spare man at the back, too.

There are several reasons for Sprewell's decline in free-throw attempts, one being the lack of a big man inside to draw attention and open up lanes to the basket.

Women who may feel slighted by the lack of a naked man in the campaign will have to wait until the end of July, when Zappos will take over the home page of a major search engine portal with an interactive ad introducing a male character, Arthur.

That registers as a larger concern than the lack of an American man in the top 10.

Querrey was reluctant to say definitively if the lack of an American man in the second week in Melbourne was caused more by the lack of quality players or the current health situations keeping some of the top players like John Isner and Mardy Fish out.

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