ONE in a Sentence

Learn ONE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for ONE, such as:
1. No one wise at all times.
2. She gives me one every Saturday.
3. Her husband swelted one year ago.
4. Add one heaped tablespoon of salt.
5. He ran from one clearing to another.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ONE
one
 a.  indefinite in time or position
 a.  eminent beyond or above comparison
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She gives me one every Saturday.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  Give my love to mother and every one of you.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  He ran from one clearing to another.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
4  Mary's words almost tumbled over one another.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  "It soon will be if no one cares for it," she went on.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
6  She is the one who is asleep in the other room.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  I heard him say one thing quite aloud.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  The Knave did so, very carefully, with one foot.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII. The Queen's Croquet-Ground
9  Any one is selfish who doesn't do what they want.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
10  She was not used to any one's tempers but her own.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
11  'Perhaps it hasn't one,' Alice ventured to remark.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX. The Mock Turtle's Story
12  No one must ever suspect that they had a secret.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
13  'I never saw one, or heard of one,' said Alice.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX. The Mock Turtle's Story
14  My orders are that no one is to know that we come here.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
15  "I'm no one," said old Ben dryly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.
2  A man is not good or bad for one action.
3  No one believed he would actually kill himself.
4  Add one heaped tablespoon of salt.
5  You add either one or two cloves of garlic.
6  Each ticket admits one adult and one child.
7  Her husband swelted one year ago.
8  Two dogs over one bone seldom agree.
9  When one is about to act, one must reason first.
10  Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
11  No one wise at all times.
12  Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
13  No one is sorrier than I am about what happened.
14  Saying is one thing and doing another.
15  God never shuts one door but he opens another.