ONLY in a Sentence
Learn ONLY 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.
404 example sentences for ONLY, such as:
1. Not only that but you're rude.
2. The only cure for grief is action.
3. I am alive only when I am with you.
4. Soap is not the only cleansing agent.
5. She was the only person able to do it.
2. The only cure for grief is action.
3. I am alive only when I am with you.
4. Soap is not the only cleansing agent.
5. She was the only person able to do it.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Animal Farm by George Orwell |
Meanings and Examples of ONLY
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only
ad. in the final outcome
ad. as recently as
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1 In Britain only could he further the execution of his plan.
2 Thus situated, my only resource was to drive before the wind.
3 I remained for several years their only child.
4 The only crazy I was was when I married him.
5 Not only that but you're rude.
6 It was in nineteen-nineteen, I only stayed five months.
7 "It's only half past nine," she said.
8 He spoke as if Daisy's reaction was the only thing that mattered.
9 But they were uttered only within his imagination.
10 It was only the darkened house that could contain her.
11 They are not to be solved, or only in one way.
12 I shall keep it only till you can claim it.
13 Your ideas are only more noble than mine.
14 When she again lived, it was only to weep and sigh.
15 They quitted it only with the removal of the tea-things.
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1 The only cure for grief is action.
2 Activity is the only road to knowledge.
3 That's the only reason I'm actually going.
4 Children are admitted only if accompanied by an adult.
5 The tax will affect only the propertied classes.
6 He went bankrupt after only a year in business.
7 The only secret a woman can keep is that of her age.
8 Soap is not the only cleansing agent.
9 She was the only person able to do it.
10 I am alive only when I am with you.
11 He's the sort of person who only cares about money.
12 She is not only a novelist but also a poet.
13 He not only studies hard but also works well.
14 In American spelling "travelled" only has one "l".
15 There's only a minimal amount of risk involved.