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How to use single in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Single means not accompanied by anything else; one in number. Example: “Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?”

Examples of single by meaning

adjectiveNot accompanied by anything else; one in number.

  • Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
  • The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.
  • The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages.2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist

adjectiveNot divided in parts.

  • The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.

adjectiveDesigned for the use of only one.

  • a single room

adjectivePerformed by one person, or one on each side.

  • a single combat

adjectiveNot married, and (in modern times) not dating or without a significant other.

  • Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced, or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".
  • Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.

nounA popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.

  • The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.

nounOne who is not married or does not have a romantic partner.

  • He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.

nounA score of one run.

  • He refused to take a single as the ball was dropped by his opponent's best fielder.

More sentences with single

  • The quotient ring over a maximal ideal is a field with a single zero element.From the entry zero
  • It's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance.From the entry metric
  • They are yet to win a single match. — They have not yet won a single match.From the entry yet
  • The game console can store up to eight saves on a single cartridge.From the entry save
  • As its name suggests, the monorail runs on a single rail.From the entry run
  • The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling.From the entry slew
  • She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.From the entry round
  • A methane molecule is made up of a single carbon with four hydrogens.From the entry carbon
  • I can make a scroll like that in a single heat.From the entry heat
  • This chart compresses the entire audit report into a few lines on a single diagram.From the entry compress
  • Although he has a number of admirers, he prefers to remain single.From the entry admirer
  • A single shot was fired and the bird dropped from the sky.From the entry drop
  • He got a series of insults off before I could come up with a single retort.From the entry get off
  • A single locus governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2.From the entry character
  • Russell kept the merry-go-round moving with an RBI single that advanced Henderson to third.From the entry merry-go-round
  • There is a contradiction in what you say: she can't be both married and single.From the entry contradiction
  • Though legally single nations, many states comprise several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.From the entry nation
  • The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.From the entry fiber
  • The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife.From the entry evisceration
  • He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition.From the entry splice
  • I applied to dozens of companies and didn't get a single job offer, RIP.From the entry rip
  • After four top-ten singles, the band's next release was a miss.From the entry miss
  • The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot!From the entry dying
  • A degenerate circle, having radius zero, consists of a single point.From the entry degenerate
  • The evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.From the entry interrupt
  • He hit three singles last game, two the game before that.From the entry singles
  • Janet was surprised at how much casual dating had changed since she was last single.From the entry dating
  • If you reduce the header of this document, the body will fit onto a single page.From the entry header
  • Jones hits a little flare to left that falls for a single.From the entry flare

Meaning of single

  1. adjective Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
  2. adjective Not divided in parts.
  3. adjective Designed for the use of only one.

Full definition of single

Questions about single in a sentence

How do you use single in a sentence?
Single is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?”
What is a short sentence with single?
“a single combat”
What does single mean?
Single means not accompanied by anything else; one in number.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: single (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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