manmade

Example Sentences

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“I’m worried that a natural or manmade catastrophe stops the resupply ships coming from Earth, causing the colony to die out,” Musk said on Monday.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 9, 2026

The river’s reservoirs have declined dramatically amid unrelenting dry conditions over the last quarter-century, leaving the manmade lakes far below a coating of whitish minerals on rocks, where water once lapped.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2025

Unfortunately for the Incas, their case also underscores the truth that the advantages of manmade connections can run both ways, sometimes to the detriment of the creators.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

That adds extra freight to his reminder that Katrina’s tragedy was entirely manmade — a whirlpool of failed levees, systems and common bloodthirsty inhumanity.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2025

Why were some manmade things pleasing and others not?

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett