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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.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ONLY
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.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
2  Thus situated, my only resource was to drive before the wind.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
3  I remained for several years their only child.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  The only crazy I was was when I married him.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  Not only that but you're rude.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  It was in nineteen-nineteen, I only stayed five months.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
7  "It's only half past nine," she said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  He spoke as if Daisy's reaction was the only thing that mattered.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  But they were uttered only within his imagination.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
10  It was only the darkened house that could contain her.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
11  They are not to be solved, or only in one way.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
12  I shall keep it only till you can claim it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
13  Your ideas are only more noble than mine.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
14  When she again lived, it was only to weep and sigh.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
15  They quitted it only with the removal of the tea-things.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
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.