How To Use Young man In A Sentence

Jonathan Steele, who recently returned to follow up on that story, quotes a young man who lost half his family in Halabja saying of the memorial, "If they rebuild it a thousand times, I will burn it down a million times. Archive 2007-03-01
This young man refuses to work and is freeloading
His first thought was that of every young man, who blithely thinks to pit the bravado he miscalls courage against every obstacle.
As a young man he wrote words to popular folk airs and had them printed as broadsheets.
Balboa had a reputation as a fierce and quarrelsome young man.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. C.S. Lewis
Listening to this intense young man, there is little doubt he has done things the hard way; no favours doled out and none asked for.
The young man works his way up to the top.
You, young man,” she proceeded, addressing Roland Graeme, and at once softening the ironical sharpness of her manner into good-humoured raillery, “you, who are all our male attendance, from our Lord High Chamberlain down to our least galopin, follow us to prepare our court.” The Abbot
Morris Goldsworth came out of the central room accompanied by a well-suited, ponderous young man in his twenties, marking his catalogue. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
As a young man he took well to the Epicurean view of freedom and independence of spirit, though this led him into the alley of atheism.
They knew they had to act fast to save this young man's life.
The young man — fortified as he was by a natural cynical pride and passionateness — winced at this unexpected reply, notwithstanding. A Changed Man
The young man worked hard in emulation of his famous father.
The tactful use of his skills and a clear understanding of the game have made this young man an instant favourite with the crowds in an alien land.
In 1805, an extremely handsome young man, he went up to Cambridge, where he attended intermittently to his studies between extravagant debauches there and in London.
This charming, home-loving, God-fearing young man was on early evening television, blaring into the living-rooms of millions of impressionable young people.
I come to a crew-cut young man in a military uniform-ish olive sweater with funny shoulder pads sitting in a little booth.
Kelly is portrayed as a slow witted young man, with a strong sense of injustice, who feels uncomfortable in the role of gunslinger.
It was dishonourable to’ — ‘Peace, young man,’ said Herries, more calmly than I might have expected; ‘the word dishonour must not be mentioned as in conjunction with my name. Redgauntlet
Then as he looked at the young man's careless attitude and smiling face, he burst forth, admiringly: "Dey done tole me as how yo 'wor' That Printer of Udell's
On the way, a young man waved to me.
This is a young man who wants to escape the apron strings and do things for himself. Times, Sunday Times
So great was the general's despatch, that Paul I, at his request, granted the young man a sub-lieutenancy in the Semonowskoi regiment, so that Foedor entered on his duties the very next day after his arrival in St. Petersburg. Celebrated Crimes (Complete)
He was a tall, coltish, bespectacled young man, curiously lovable.
Look there, and tell me, without partiality, which is the handsomest of those two that lie asleep, the young man or the young lady. ' Fairy Tales from the Arabian Nights
As we tried to make ourselves comfortable on the uneven rock floor, a hard-faced young man in his early twenties wandered over.
Azel is a young man in Tangier who dreams of crossing the Strait of Gibraltar. BookBrowse Previews April Books
But up on the fifth floor there is an altogether different scene, with desirable clothes from groovy young Manhattan designers. Times, Sunday Times
The lady of the house had no difficulty in partnering off her beautiful daughter for the evening with a smart young man.
A YOUNG man was fighting for life last night after he was attacked by a gang outside an amusement arcade. The Sun
A smooth-faced, moon-faced young man was smiling at her good-naturedly. Amateur Night
One day a young man caught a young tiger, and he kept it in an iron cage.
The fear of being disagreeable is a great bugbear to a girl, as this artful young man well knew, and Rose fell into the trap at once, for Aunt Jane was far from being her model, though she could not help respecting her worth. Rose in Bloom
Dispatches opened with footage of a young man curled up by his front door, whimpering in pain and despair. Times, Sunday Times
A little farther away, in the crowd, a young man with a blue tie and a fleur-de-lys in his buttonhole, sells pamphlets of monarchist poetry in honor of Louis de Bourbon for 5 euros.
Afterwards he talked to the young man's grief-stricken father.
No intelligent, nice young man in Chechnya would marry a nonvirgin girl," says Yusupova. Women of Al Qaeda
He was a tall, coltish, bespectacled young man, curiously lovable.
The young man raised his hands in exasperation - the calls were coming in heavy. THE UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI MOSS
Another first-person narrative by a young man, it shows how personal thrillseeking becomes gradually commodified. The Times Literary Supplement
Among his other servants he had a young man called Pyrrhus, who was sprightly and well bred and comely of his person and adroit in all that he had a mind to do, and him he loved and trusted over all else. The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio
It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.
The young man was putting his grocery sack on the sidewalk.
An unnamed young man died from a single shot to the chest when a gang knocked on the front door and burst in. The Sun
One is a young man obsessed with rap and hip-hop who looks after his sick mother at home. Times, Sunday Times
The young man was finally released on bail when a Supreme Court judge ruled that he posed no risk to the community.
It was like Lizzy to be so provoking to the poor young man.
Although the appearance of the young man was absolutely horrid, the one blue and one brown eye could never be mistaken.
For a few minutes my whole being vibrates with a song so powerfully joyful I forget the years and stand as easy as a young man does at the start of the journey, careless of the distance to be covered or the load to be carried.
“Ah! When I was a young man I wrote miles of 'middles' for them” ” stretching out his hands to show the unending chain. The Adventure of Living
There was no danger that Dr. May would not be kind and courteous to the young man himself. The Daisy Chain
Presently the door opened, and a young man stood before them clothed in the rough camel-hair garment, or burnous, which is common in the East. The Brethren
A young man was bending low to push a heavily loaded barrow up a slope.
I would again borrow Ld Carysforts book, [4] & get a face of better physiognomy from the print there. the book does not want such aid — but it would be serving a young man of merit, who wants assistance. Letter 274
Simon could have used a bit of grooming in smartening up his appearance as a wealthy young man.
His is the remarkable story of a young man with hardly any academic ability.
We had just taken a tour of the camp, led by a vibrant young man in a straw hat named Patrick, of late affectionately called "L'Agronome" or "agronomist" in French. Uma Viswanathan: New Leadership In Haiti
LEAD (9) [STEPHEN GRACE] 22, a fairly normal young man, intelligent, sensitive, down-to-earth, a bit shy (he thinks he has the social skills of a 15 year old) but appealing, Stephen is a film student who's had a fairly average life, with the exception of the tragedy of his older brother's death in a car accident seven years ago. Undefined
That allowed him to live well as a young man even after the 1880s collapse of a cattle ranch in North Dakota cost him $1.5 million in today's dollars.
The young man levelled his rifle again and fired.
Another motorist who was filling his car said he had seen a young man jump in the car and speed off.
The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and turning to the table he shook out upon it five little dried orange pips. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
He has flown himself away to the clinic to emerge back into the public eye as a bright-eyed, coherent young man.
The hospital was negligent in the way it looked after this young man.
Before him stood a clean, young man dressed in a sharp business suit.
Her husband was assailed by a young man with a knife in a Glasgow park.
As a young man, St. Augustine was well practiced in gratifying the desires of his fallen nature.
“There was a young man to see you,” she said, using the term jeune homme instead of monsieur. A Moveable Feast
He fingered his knife, but knew that even with it he was no match for the young man tall as a gau leng Manchurian, and the even taller yang gui zhi barbarian who came out of the house behind him. City of Glory
The young man was reading a paperback novel and sipping a steaming mug of hot, black coffee.
Brent tragically lost his life after the agreement was reached, and as I listened to Deirdre, I wondered that if we had foresighted politicians in Ohio years before -- public officials who could see that there was a gap in the law and that something needed to be done -- this young man could still be with us today. Wayne Pacelle: It's Wild to Allow Dangerous Exotic Animals as Pets
Traditionally, prior to marrying and beginning his adult life, a young man entered the sangha (the Buddhist monastic order) and spent time as a novice.
While standing in front of the pile of hairbrushes and toothbrushes, a young man approaches me.
The young man is so lucky that he is taken up by a famous novelist.
Once during an air raid she noticed a young man sitting alone in the shelter reading a book. Times, Sunday Times
A smooth-faced, moon-faced young man was smiling at her good-naturedly. Amateur Night
The young man, in preparation for their escape, had joined the merchant navy, in a position far below his level of education. In the Frame
Anyway, the young man was killed in a motorcar crash less than a week later. MURDER IN E MINOR
The young man made a choked coughing sound and sputtered something that sounded like rot in Hell.
Among those to be found celebrating Airdrie United's second division title at a quarter to five yesterday was a fresh-faced young man wearing a suit.
It was also noted that when the young man regained consciousness, he became extremely combative, which is not uncommon with closed-head injuries. Summit Daily News - Top Stories
The customary smirk returned to Trey's lips and he about-faced, coming closer to the nervous young man.
There was no one at the desk, just a pudgy young man with an open freckled face. WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES
It is a deliberate, nasty and vicious attack on a young man's character.
The syndic is a lively young man, and he receives Madame Adolphe with Analytical Studies
One young man had his life dramatically changed by the tour as he entered the vegan lifestyle, departing from a life of meat, chocolate bars, and fast food.
The young man, bereft of a father, worked shoulder to shoulder with Labh Singh on his 22 bighas of land, often taking on hard labour and letting his ‘servant ‘do the lighter work.’
The walls seemed to stretch and reach forever, but the young man just dispelled the image with a shake of his head.
The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed.
God forgives the inattention at Mass of an old man when he sleeps; of a young man when he loves; and the wandering attention of an _old_ man blessed with a _young_ heart the Almighty will surely pardon, for He Himself must admire beauty, since He made it. ' A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg
That happy stability has enabled a young man who was rather flaky to establish a series of records that is monumental. Times, Sunday Times
Christ's dealing with the young man is presented as an object lesson.
Rupert, that most unmilitary young man, was reconciled to becoming a soldier. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
Knowing her father's opposition to the young man, Nina decided to run away with him.
Jenny was bookish; the only young man capable to follow her train of thought was Michael - with whom Jenny often engaged in heated debates about philosophy and boring books.
Next to us sat a young man in a wool beanie hat, reading. Times, Sunday Times
He was a very young man in a plain pair of trousers and an old shirt.
A young man was playing an accordion and across the room people were lined along the bench under the window with tables before them. Molly Keane's Ireland
Every young man in the village joined the battle.
At the back of the room sat a handsome young man playing the gusla and singing, apparently the proprietor, and two very pretty young women, all with that characteristically Slav look which comes from the pulling of the flesh down from the flat cheekbones by the tense pursing of the mouth. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part V
He is a personable young man and has begun voluntary work in a hospice in the hope that the skills gained will help in his application. Times, Sunday Times
Collier's book is the story of a young man trying to find love and success in bohemian London in the 1920s. MIND MELD: Non-Genre Books for Genre Readers
O what an evaporation wherewith to bewray the masks or mufflers of young mangy queans. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
At Trebizond, a young man, refusing to sign the recantation, was beaten on the soles of his feet, the vartabed aiding with his own hands in inflicting the blows. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume I.
I would rather see a young man blush than turn pale.
But the young man was prepared, and turning he ran with the swiftness of a hare toward the nearest tree, a huge, arboraceous fern towering upon the verge of the little clearing. The Eternal Savage
Sharman, a broad-shouldered young man perhaps six feet tall, joined the newly formed regiment in September 1862.
Gratefully, I copiously peppered my dish, and returned the pepper grinder to the young man, thanking him.
Instead of the melodious tones of an Irish brogue, the exaggerated drawl of an angry young man spat from the earpiece.
The long sustained deception has been dropped," says a paragraphist, "and the young man who assumed the name of 'Madame Zoyara' is now to be seen in correct masculine attire. The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert
A young man, tan-skinned, with his hair shorn down to a round fuzz, opened the passenger door.
Did a pale-faced young man who had spent all his adult life in politics have the strength and experience to navigate Britain's economy through treacherous times?
New Salem, Illinois, where Lincoln was "clerking," was known the neighborhood around as a "fast" town, and the average young man made no very desperate resistance when tempted to join in the drinking and gambling bouts. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller
The most widely publicized plastic-bullet injury was a neck injury where a young man will likely never speak again.
It tells the story of an aspiring young man's attempt to rise above the squalor of the street.
The young man in front of me looked at me over his rimless glasses.
The mayor went into politics as a very young man.
The book was OK, a first-person narrative of a poor, intelligent, mixed-race young man, a "bodgie" - the Australian equivalent of a British "teddy boy" - leaving prison to little opportunity on the outside. What i'm reading
Goldsmith to try them, which he did; wherefore understanding that he was brought present before you this day, I hastily commanded one of my servants to fetch the purse which he had sealed, and here I bring it unto you to see whether he will deny his owne signe or no: and you may easily conject that his words are untrue, which he alleadged against the young man, touching the buying of the poyson, considering hee bought the poyson himselfe. The Golden Asse
Alexander had been a personable young man, a good apothecary who had made an honest marriage with a doctor's daughter. A SHRINE OF MURDERS
She couldn't have been more than fifteen, and surely had what schoolgirls called a "pash" for the amiable young man. The Gates Of Sleep
Goethe employs the fiction that an editor-figure publishes, with an epilogue, the authentic letters of a young man who commits suicide.
Nothing better illustrated the turbulent state of civil-military relations during this period than the hostility on the part of the uniformed military toward President Bill Clinton, whose antimilitary stance as a young man during the Vietnam War years did not endear him to soldiers. The War on Terror and the Revolt of the Generals
It is very doubtful whether, to an untried or a young man, the warnings of Solomon, or the outpourings of that griefful prophet whose name now passes for a lamentation, have done much good. Brave Men and Women
Slim, only five-feet-eight in height, with wavy brown hair, brushy eyebrows, and smooth-shaven face, he impressed one observer as a "delicate looking young man."
‘You have chosen quite a heavy title for such a young man, Traveller,’ said the moon-faced man.
Agnes was leaning over the creosoted garden-gate, and behind her there stood a young man who had the figure of a Greek athlete and the face of an English one.
A young man and teenage girl have died after poisonous fumes leaked from a gas boiler.
He should be recognized for discovering the young man.
A young man could remain a member either until he married or reached the age of 3O or so, and in fact he could not refuse to become a member without being ostracized.
a young man sure to get ahead
The young man now has memory loss and a speech impediment and could have died.
The young man has been burning for a chance to go abroad.
And she never did understand it until one day she learned that her lodger was the "very young man who had been to the war in the Philippines, and writ about his battles in the Enterprise. The Adventures of a Boy Reporter
I went into the apartment building, there was a young man sitting at a desk, reading some book.
The last highlight of our trip was being punted along the River Welland by Ashley Hatton, a young man who had the idea for this unusual business last summer.
A young man is suspended naked from a tree, prior to being flayed alive for daring to make music more harmonious than Apollo's.
In a break with tradition, several professors at the academy have established a memorial prize to honor the young man who was anything but traditional.
The driver was an amiable young man.
A young man looks back over his unhappy marriage and struggles to come to terms with his wife's suicide.
The rest of the acting is acceptable, and Jesse Eisenberg plays a vastly different young man than he does in “Adventureland.” Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
Before the young man knew what was happening, two of the figures at the alley's entrance fell silently, silhouetting another dark figure with a silver longsword in his or her hand.
At the summit of a high building was a young man and I saw that he had a flag wrapped around his shoulders. THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War
He might have moved away from being the Angry Young Man to now being the suave older man, but some things will never change including his original screen name.
She was wrestling or slapping a young man and he was saying, ‘Listen, lady, I'm hurt, too.’
The young man conceded without a contest.
And just when I had got it nearly ashore, by the very place where you are sitting, on that shelving bank, young man, the line broke, and the perch twisted himself among those roots, and -- cacodaemon that he was -- ran off, hook and all. My Novel — Complete
Young man may die but old men must die.
The young man led Mark Ryle along a corridor.
Believe me it is possible to live as cheaply in expensive Vienna as anywhere else; it all depends on the housekeeping and the orderliness which is never to be found in a young man especially if he be in love. Mozart The Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words
The young man took from his waistcoat a crumpled envelope, and turning to the table he shook out upon it five little dried orange pips. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
In this case, the neighbourhood is Queens, the young man is newcomer Rob Brown, and the mentor character is Sean Connery, who plays the titular Forrester, a reclusive, J.D. Salingeresque author.
Had the young man been prepared by the subtlest master of courtcraft for this interview, so important to his fortunes, he could not have advanced a hundredth part so far with the great earl as he did by that sudden, frank burst of genuine emotion; for The Last of the Barons — Complete
There was a feeling in the young man's stomach, of hatred and sickness, and a horrible clench.
The new TV campaign shows a young man asking a barman for another pint. Times, Sunday Times
A young man, paying for a newspaper in drachmas on Tuesday, admitted: ‘It's the first day and I didn't think to use our euro coins.‘
The young man was reading a paperback novel and sipping a steaming mug of hot, black coffee.
A young man sounds the bell to start the Sunday service.
The young man had to be skilled in police officialese, though. OUTCAST
She was aware of a whole host of ambitious young managers waiting in the wings.
The young man clearly has breeding.
He died a young man and it was possible that his lifestyle sleeping in wet clothes, drinking and carousing led to his death.
The young man was putting his grocery sack on the sidewalk.
A young man looked at Ozzie, who was standing in the hallway, smiling, in his shirt and dusty Jeans.
And what she saw was a handsome dark-haired young man who sat laughing with a girl in a bright green dress.
He said that he had misread signals given off by the young man. Times, Sunday Times
I'm pleased you told him off—it's about time somebody put that young man in his place.
The young man continued on his way and in the distance saw a man repeatedly jumping from a tree.
The young man was seized with a desire to appeal to the sanity and the kindliness of one who seemed to possess both so aboundingly. The Puritans
Virgil stared deep into the grease spots on the garage floor, as if by reading their patterns and by some mystic mode of divination, petrolmancy perhaps, he would arrive at a price that would not ali-enate the dark young man but would still assure him an exorbitant hourly rate for his labor. Practical Demonkeeping
In this case, that unstoppable force is a young man who struggles against his newfound super powers.
This has led to the death of a wholly innocent young man. Times, Sunday Times
Even as a young man, when he was labouring to transform wilderness into BP profit, this future hammer of papyrology found time for opera, contemporary art and visits to artists 'lofts. Why are we letting business big shots alter our society?
The young man who was arrested with her was sentenced to 100 lashes and allowed to go free afterwards.
There are two powers, young man, which reign supreme in human affairs.
As a young man he had fought against the British in the American War of Independence , and he felt that written English in the newly independent United States should have a distinctive"American" look.
My father, a fresh-faced young man, newly employed by a paper company, looks very proper and gentlemanly.
Nicholas's ID photo from the Saigon embassy shows a young man with a Superman forelock, fixing the camera with a challenging stare. The Old Soldier Who Didn't Fade Away
A housebound elderly woman who rarely has visitors might utter very few words per day, while a young man who works in telesales and has a busy social life might utter a very large number. G is for Gender « An A-Z of ELT
Parodies of the "expressionistic" blunder quickly sprang up in the Egyptian blogosphere; a popular one shows a young man who has inserted himself into the photograph and flies superhero-like ahead of the all of the leaders; in another photoshop collage Obama is looking at the fake photo, laughing. Joscelyn Jurich: US Military Funding to Egypt Needs Investigation
The young man alternated singing and dancing.
Hadley is a restless young man-an artist, a dreamer, a screw-up. John Joseph Adams » 2007 » November
a lanky kid transformed almost overnight into a handsome young man
As he said that another old lady came and hit him upside his head with her purse saying, ‘Watch your language young man.’
When sober he can come across as an extremely pleasant and charming young man.
The first day of class I arrived at the studio room, and found a young man at a drawing table, sketching out different variations of the Walkman ® he was designing.
There was a brass nameplate with the name Diane Brown on it and a black and white picture of a young woman and a rather handsome young man on what must have been their wedding day.
In that jaundiced reportorial frame of mind, sitting in the press compound at Bristol, desultorily I watched a woman shepherd a young man in a wheelchair onto the gym floor. Mayhill Fowler: Bittergate: the Untold Story Behind the Story that Rocked the Obama Campaign
The young man was starting to bald rapidly.
Mixed feelings overcame the young man and he searched for a reason why his biological mother would give him up.
Whether or not the driver was exaggerating, the young man didn't sleep soundly that night.
He treats one of his grade-obsessed premedical students as a mere nuisance, and the consequence is that the young man jumps to his death from the roof of his dormitory building.
Next to us sat a young man in a wool beanie hat, reading. Times, Sunday Times
Don't bandy words with me, young man!
Being a consummate realist, Joyce reports what he observes and then nonchalantly pares his fingernails, as Stephen suggests in the speculative remarks at the end of A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man.
When creating him I saw him as being a slightly melancholy but essentially decent young man, and I imagined his destiny would involve being one of the people to finally bring peace between humanity and the elementals.
Takeshi stood a good six feet tall for a young man of 16.
She peered at him, complacent, curious, blightingly unconscious of his emotions, and the young man felt a stirring of hot impatience. The Love Affairs of Pixie
Aunty Miss left her entire property to a mysterious young man who arrived in a brown carriage drawn by brown horses from the east a week after her death.

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