Man
Work
Work verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old man | old work |
| nice | nice man | nice work |
| best | best man | best work |
| better | better man | better work |
| Other adjectives: normal, short, original, single, real, great, little, bad, new, last, older. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In her own words, her husband is the kind of man her evil uncles would have dismissed as "weak", because he's the kind of man who makes society work instead of preying on it.
Source: Single Woman Seeks Good Man -
As a beautiful irony, Beatrice survives to find happiness with another (much younger) man and work for women's rights.
Source: Laser-Guided Karma -
Even in Zahn's earlier work Pellaeon (and other Imperials) was always depicted as a good man, with some fair for the Empire Fantastic Racism, he just happens to work for very bad people.
Source: Literature / Hand of Thrawn
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