once

[wʌns]

Definition:
1. On one occasion only; one time.
2. At some time in the past.
3. As soon as.

Use 'once' in a sentence:

• 1. For once, Dad is not complaining.
• 2. She fell in with my idea at once.
• 3. I once went out with a French man.
• 4. She once ruled over a vast empire.
• 5. Once again, the train was late.
• 6. I've only been there once.
• 7. Just for once he arrived on time.
• 8. All at once she lost her temper.
• 9. She only sees her parents once every six months.
• 10. He never once offered to help.
• 11. Let me hear it just once more.
• 12. I don't know her well, I've only met her once or twice.
• 13. We go there maybe once or twice a month.
• 14. The lion roared once, and sprang.
• 15. I hit him once more for luck.
• 16. The lion roared once and sprang.
• 17. We have several projects all on the boil at once.
• 18. We need to settle this once and for all.
• 19. An opportunity like this comes once in a lifetime.
• 20. We didn't know how we would cope once the money had gone.
• 21. He once lived in Zambia.
• 22. I can't do two things at once.
• 23. If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times.
• 24. I went to bed with him once, just once.
• 25. She gave the apartment a once-over.
• 26. An old oak tree once stood here.
• 27. He only did it the once.
• 28. I met Miquela once, briefly.
• 29. It was once thought that lead could be transmuted into gold.
• 30. I once met your mother.
• 31. You'll like her once you get to know her.
• 32. There once was a poor farmer who had four sons.
• 33. 'Come here at once!' she ordered.
• 34. He cleans his car once a week.
• 35. I do aerobics once a week.
• 36. If necessary I can come at once.
• 37. Her parents once ran a shop.
• 38. It's easy, once you've got the knack.
• 39. Once again the train was late.
• 40. I need to have it out with her once and for all.
• 41. She's planning to return to work once the children start school.
• 42. The place at once enraptured me.
• 43. I'll run back over the procedure once again.
• 44. A computer can perform many tasks at once.
• 45. Everyone began talking at once.
• 46. He was once the great white hope of British boxing.
• 47. It was once thought that the sun travelled around the earth.
• 48. It made a refreshing change to be taken seriously for once.
• 49. The water is fine once you're in!
• 50. The industry today is nothing to what it once was.
• 51. It's a lot of information to absorb all at once.
• 52. It is a physical impossibility to be in two places at once.
• 53. If you can only exercise once a week, that's better than nothing.
• 54. Traditional stories make use of formulaic expressions like ‘ Once upon a time …’.
• 55. Since the party she had only spoken to him once.
• 56. Once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate.