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. One must drink as one brews.
2. Love makes one fit for any work.
3. She gives me one every Saturday.
4. The road is only one track wide.
5. Answer one question in each pair.

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 Meanings and Examples of ONE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
one
 a.  being a single unit or thing
 n.  the first whole number above zero
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)
16  To say is one thing; to do is quite another.
17  Answer one question in each pair.
18  Love makes one fit for any work.
19  It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
20  One must drink as one brews.
21  At need one sees who his friend is.
22  The author wove three plots into one story.
23  He beat up on my brother's kid one time.
24  His total score was one hundred and fifty five.
25  In my job one tends to lose touch with friends.
26  The road is only one track wide.
27  No one knew how to treat this dreaded disease.
28  To know one's self is true progress.
29  A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
30  A thousand probabilities do not make one truth.