Sentence examples for man a reference to a from inspiring English sources

And last winter online commenters accused him of making fun of domestic violence when he wore a shirt that read "I'm not sorry for being a man" — a reference to a Labour politician's speech in which he apologized for domestic violence perpetrated by men.

Key was accused of making light of domestic violence when he was photographed wearing a T-shirt that read "I'm not sorry for being a man", a reference to a speech made by the Labour party leader David Cunliffe at a Women's Refuge symposium, when he apologised on behalf of his gender "because family and sexual violence is perpetrated overwhelmingly by men against women and children".

In a tribute to both hockey and beer, this band goes by the name Two Man Advantage, a reference to a team's edge when its opponent has two players in the penalty box.

The scene in which Borgnine and the other rafters drift through a dark forest watched by mountain men is a reference to a scene in the 1972 film Deliverance, and the scene features the music from the film's "Dueling Banjos" scene.

Mr Reynolds objected to a 1994 article claiming he had misled parliament entitled "Goodbye Gombeen Man" - a reference to an Irish phrase used to describe a wheeler dealer.

"My Man Mitch" was a reference to a phrase once used by President George W. Bush to refer to Daniels.

He posts under the name Part Man Part Monkey – a reference to a track on Springsteen's 1998 archive release Tracks.

"I'm red, very red," said Carlos Gelvis, an unemployed man from Petare, in a reference to a refrain of Mr. Chávez's campaign.

First he was "blind lawyer;" then "blind man," then "A Bing," a reference to a nationally famous blind musician.

The hired gun of Finis was a serious young man known as Cujo, a reference to a Saint Bernard that went ballistic in a Stephen King novel.

The pseudo-Homeric "Hymn to Apollo of Delos," probably of late 7th-century composition, claimed to be the work of "a blind man who dwells in rugged Chios," a reference to a tradition about Homer himself.