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.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SINGLE
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.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME
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
3  That man has another future elsewhere, on high, below, anywhere, I don't believe; not one single word of it.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII—PHILOSOPHY AFTER DRINKING
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
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
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
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
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
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.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
10  She alone, of all the four, was not called "thou" by a single one of them.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—A DOUBLE QUARTETTE
11  The devotion of a single man had given force and courage to all.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER VI—FATHER FAUCHELEVENT
12  There was not a single spider's web, not a grain of dust, on the glass window of that conscience.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—SISTER SIMPLICE
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.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
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.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—A TEMPEST IN A SKULL
15  There existed a hollow way wherein one saw neither a single shrub nor a spear of moss.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—FORMS ASSUMED BY SUFFERING DURING SLEEP
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.