single

[ˈsɪŋɡl]

Definition:
1. Only one.
2. Characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing.
3. Not married or having a romantic relationship with someone.

Use 'single' in a sentence:

• 1. A single shot rang out.
• 2. Three episodes have been telescoped into a single programme.
• 3. Are you still single?
• 4. We eat rice every single day.
• 5. It would be foolish to generalize from a single example.
• 6. Virtually all surface and near-surface terrestrial water occurs and moves as part of a single vast hydrologic system.
• 7. The bedroom was lit by a single candle.
• 8. Inflation is down to single figures.
• 9. Most single parents are either divorced or separated.
• 10. She is very single-minded about her career.
• 11. Children in single-parent families must not be stigmatized.
• 12. How much is a single to York?
• 13. How much is the single fare to Glasgow?
• 14. Our first single got a lot of airplay.
• 15. She lived and died a single woman.
• 16. The stairwell was lit by a single bulb.
• 17. These countries can no longer be viewed as a single entity.
• 18. There is a £ 10 supplement for a single room.
• 19. People that are single tend to be more footloose.
• 20. I can't remember his taking a single day off work.
• 21. Is it difficult being a single mother?
• 22. The single is a rip-off of a 70s hit.
• 23. I couldn't understand a single word she said!
• 24. Her latest single is a ballad.
• 25. The band's last single shot straight to number one in the charts.
• 26. He sent her a single red rose.
• 27. Is that a single or a double you want?
• 28. The bridge crosses the river in a single span.
• 29. Every single time he calls, I'm out.
• 30. The two companies have been fused into a single organization.
• 31. All these jobs can now be done by one single machine.
• 32. Their latest single sounds suspiciously like the last one.
• 33. The single is titled "White Love."
• 34. Small businesses are well situated to benefit from the single market.
• 35. When will the single currency be operable?
• 36. Their latest single represents a new departure for the band.
• 37. He felled his opponent with a single blow.
• 38. She wore a single strand of pearls around her neck.
• 39. They agglomerated many small pieces of research into a single large study.
• 40. The proportion of single parent families varies between different income groups.
• 41. The band releases its new single next week.
• 42. Many previously separate groups are now operating under the umbrella of a single authority.
• 43. The number of people who fail each year is now in single figures.
• 44. The group let rip with a single from their new album.
• 45. Unemployment is the single most important factor in the growing crime rates.
• 46. A single red LED shows that the power is switched on.
• 47. They won by a single goal after extra time.
• 48. They made their way in single file along the cliff path.
• 49. The apartments are ideal for single people living alone.
• 50. It isn't going to solve a single thing.
• 51. They opened a single store in Europe to test out the market.
• 52. Single words are the building blocks of language.