SINGLE in a Sentence
Learn SINGLE 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.
367 example sentences for SINGLE, such as:
1. He did not turn round a single time.
2. A single tree gave shade from the sun.
3. The single tree in the field is prominent.
4. The house had not a single door which could be locked.
5. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
2. A single tree gave shade from the sun.
3. The single tree in the field is prominent.
4. The house had not a single door which could be locked.
5. Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SINGLE
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single
a. being or characteristic of a single thing or person
a. not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The hospital was a low and narrow building of a single story, with a small garden.
2 The house had not a single door which could be locked.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—WHO GUARDED HIS HOUSE FOR HIM
3 That man has another future elsewhere, on high, below, anywhere, I don't believe; not one single word of it.
4 In short, where the Roman ladies repaired on one single night.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IX—THE BROTHER AS DEPICTED BY THE SISTER
5 Not a single future dreamed of engrafting itself on this solitary old man.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
6 Not a single sprouting ambition committed the folly of putting forth its foliage in his shadow.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
7 He did not turn round a single time.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
8 In the midst of these gardens and hedges he caught sight of a small house of a single story, the window of which was lighted up.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
9 One detail, which we must not omit, is that he possessed a physical strength which was not approached by a single one of the denizens of the galleys.
10 She alone, of all the four, was not called "thou" by a single one of them.
11 The devotion of a single man had given force and courage to all.
12 There was not a single spider's web, not a grain of dust, on the glass window of that conscience.
13 These two thoughts were so closely intertwined in his mind that they formed but a single one there; both were equally absorbing and imperative and ruled his slightest actions.
14 His trouble was so great that he could not perceive the form of a single idea distinctly, and he could have told nothing about himself, except that he had received a great blow.
15 There existed a hollow way wherein one saw neither a single shrub nor a spear of moss.
Example Sentence: (157 in 11 pages)
1 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
2 Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
3 Bedrooms have again been created by partitioning a single larger room.
4 The agency tries to match single people with suitable partners.
5 Many towns allow recyclable items to be commingled for collection in a single container.
6 Although they are the biggest single party, they don't have an outright majority.
7 Overdoses were the single biggest killer among the city's young.
8 You can avoid the single supplement by agreeing to share a twin room.
9 A single tree gave shade from the sun.
10 The single tree in the field is prominent.
11 A single Marine Corps troop carrier costs more than one billion.
12 Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
13 A unit is equivalent to a glass of wine or a single measure of spirits.
14 He could not get a single witness to establish independent corroboration of his version of the accident.
15 Married people usually have a different view of life from single people.