man of the house
Example Sentences
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Elassal plays Samir, who’s trying hard to be the man of the house.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
His father's death made him "grow up a little faster" than other kids his age as he wanted to be there for his family and be the man of the house, he recalls.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2021
“As the man of the house, it makes me feel less than,” he said of the difficulty of providing for his three children.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2021
“We can rustle something up,” the unsuspecting man of the house says.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2020
“He knew that the man of the house, my nephew Chacko Ipe, was—is—away in Cochin. We were three women alone in the house.”
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
