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.