sole
Definition:
Use 'sole' in a sentence: 1. Soon the whole country was under his sole dominion. 2. He had burned the sole of his foot. 3. Worse, this is the sole habitat of the Florida panther, and there are less than 100 of the creatures left in the wild. 4. Practice is the sole criterion of truth. 5. A major chemical spill occurred five years ago at Baker's Beach, the world's sole nesting ground for Merrick sea turtles, and prevented nearly all the eggs laid that year from hatching. 6. Since his "action" is in the past, the photograph is its sole embodiment. 7. Joe still has no concept of what it's like to be the sole parent. 8. But creating a future army of coders is not the sole purpose of the classes. 9. Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth. 10. The plaintiff's sole witness, a gambler and layabout, was easily discredited. 11. The eldest son is the family's sole provider. 12. Work seems to be her sole raison d' ê tre. 13. With the mulberry silkworm being native to China, the country was the world's sole producer of silk for many hundreds of years. 14. Finance for a sole trader usually comes from the individual's own savings or from family and friends. 15. When children are regarded as vessels to be filled with facts, creativity does not prosper; nor does it when teachers' sole objective is coaching children towards exams. 16. Creating a future army of coders is not the sole purpose of the classes. 17. Rafferty was the sole survivor from the successful Ireland team of 1988. 18. The sole redeeming feature of your behaviour is that you're not denying it. 19. The sole of the shoe was worn through. 20. He is skeptical—he does not accept statements which are not based on the most complete evidence available—and therefore rejects authority as the sole basis for truth. 21. All babies look flat-footed and when they walk the whole sole touches the ground. 22. I am sure I can feel a vibration through the soles of my feet. 23. Many women are left as the sole providers in families after their husband has died. 24. He was the sole proprietor with total management control. 25. UNAMA said the torture aimed to obtain information and confessions, which it said are often the sole form of evidence submitted in Afghan criminal trials. 26. Her sole duty, as far as I could tell, was to raise global stress levels. 27. I wear my old shoes every day. One sole has come unglued. 28. This is especially true in agriculture, where sustainable development is often taken as the sole measure of progress without a proper appreciation of historical and cultural perspectives. 29. They were very ashamed, but Tootles gave the sole of his shoe, and it made an excellent knocker. 30. He wanted to build institutions that would be used for the sole purpose of perfecting the slave into the perfect worker. 31. The soles are made of leather. 32. The hot sand burned the soles of their feet. 33. The current sole superpower is far from being a disinterested observer. 34. The entire village was dead, and the small peasant, as sole heir, became a rich man. 35. They must admit without equivocation or ambiguity that the organization is the sole and only representative of the Palestinian people. 36. We came upon a fishing boat trawling for Dover sole . 37. The quadruple murder has replaced property prices as the sole topic of interest. 38. By this time, Mark Antony had palled up with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, and Octavian beat both of them, and he became the sole ruler of the empire in 27 BCE. 39. Chief Hart had sole control over that fund. 40. This soldier was the sole survivor of the battle. 41. The ridges on the soles of my boots stopped me from slipping. 42. I'm the sole victim of Mother's tyranny. 43. Her sole object in life is to become a travel writer. 44. Their sole aim is to destabilize the Indian government. 45. The shoe's sole had a slightly textured surface. 46. My sole reason for coming here was to see you. 47. Marianne had not known until Arnold primed her for her duties that she was to be the sole female. 48. She has sole responsibility for the project. 49. Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement. 50. This is the sole means of access to the building.
