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How to use sole in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Sole means only. Example: “The sole brilliance of this gem.”

Examples of sole by meaning

adjectiveUnique; unsurpassed.

  • The sole brilliance of this gem.

adjectiveWith independent power; unfettered.

  • A sole authority.

nounSolea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.

  • Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions.1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και...

More sentences with sole

  • List all books of which you were the sole or co-author.From the entry all
  • The microscope showed several different fibres stuck to the sole of the shoe.From the entry fibre
  • The microscope showed a single blue fiber stuck to the sole of the shoe.From the entry fiber
  • The delegations saved the negotiations by relinquishing their incompatible claims to sole jurisdiction.From the entry relinquish
  • The CAM walker is made of an aerographite porous sole and aluminium, so weighs less.From the entry CAM walker
  • The sole evidence of a language spoken by the Liguri is limited to personal names and toponyms.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 14. From the entry Liguri
  • One got elf, one got dragon, one was an incubus, and I was the sole humie.2024 April 22, @fattyfattyjojo, Twitter. From the entry humie
  • Caparaonia itaiquara is the sole member of this genus of Brazilian gymnophthalmids.2020, Gordon H. Rodda, Lizards of the World: Natural History and Taxon Accounts, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN…. From the entry little-known
  • The land was flat as a Hudson River pannenkoek, with this sole peak jabbing skyward.2018 April, D[avid] J[ohn] Butler, chapter 10, in Witchy Winter (Witchy Eye; 2), Riverdale, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN. From the entry pannenkoek
  • Siberia’s sole, huge gubernia at Tobolsk was divided to create a gubernia at Irkutsk.2017, Nancy Shields Kollmann, “Army and Administration”, in The Russian Empire 1450–1801, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press…. From the entry gubernia
  • There are no reports of a TPS producing chamigrene as the sole sesquiterpene.2016 February 18, “Rapid Discovery and Functional Characterization of Terpene Synthases from Four Endophytic Xylariaceae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry chamigrene
  • The sole mortality attributed to protozoal infection was due to a severe, non-suppurative, menigioencephalomyelitis caused by T.2015 November 5, “Patterns of Natural and Human-Caused Mortality Factors of a Rare Forest Carnivore, the Fisher ( Pekania pennanti ) in…. From the entry menigioencephalomyelitis
  • They wore strange sandals too, with one strap across the top and a cloppy wooden sole.2014, Beth Kaplan, All My Loving: Coming of Age with Paul McCartney in Paris. From the entry cloppy
  • Daniel is the sole sophomore, a twinky raccoon who obsesses about his weight.2010, Kyell Gold, Out of Position, Kyell Gold, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry twinky
  • This is a malicious tweet whose sole purpose is to wake up my sister.2009 April 11, @courtleighbooks, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2024. From the entry whevs
  • He loves grilled chops, sole meunière, rare tournedos and fresh vegetables.2007 January 19, Elaine Sciolino, “The French Know Where 007 Acquired His Savoir-Faire”, in New York Times. From the entry tournedos
  • Since the twelfth century the pope has been the Church's sole authority for canonizing saints.2001, Sarah Gallick, “Introduction”, in The Big Book of Women Saints, New York, N.Y.: HarperSanFrancisco, →ISBN, page 2. From the entry canonize
  • Muslims must not imagine that their sole duty was taqlid, the emulation of a jurist.2000, Karen Armstrong, The Battle for God, Harper, published 2004, page 128. From the entry taqlid
  • On that note, are any of us guys prepared to have our wives be the sole breadwinners?2000 November 26, James Schembari, “Derring-Do of the Stay-at-Home Dad”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry stay-at-home dad
  • Traditionally zōri were made with a bamboo sole and woven from bamboo or grass.1999, Gilles Poitras, The Anime Companion: What’s Japanese in Japanese Animation?, Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, →ISBN, page 151. From the entry zōri
  • I therefore consider a solely pedally innervated sole as plesiomorphic for the Mollusca.1996, John David Taylor, Origin and evolutionary radiation of the Mollusca, page 10. From the entry pedally
  • In two more , a gersum rendered to the wife is sole evidence of her participation.1996, Emma Mason, “Donors of Westminster Abbey Charters”, in Westminster Abbey and its people, c.1050-c.1216, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell…. From the entry gersum
  • Her instrument panel was dead, not a single light across the con- sole on.1996, Michael Kandel, Panda Ray, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry subether
  • A national currency, the Tajik rubl, will become the sole legal tender inside the country.1995, Daily Report: Central Eurasia, numbers 92–98, page 92. From the entry rubl
  • I caught a glimpse of a brown boot, the tongue flapping, the sole tied on with string.1990, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 3, in Age of Iron, New York: Random House, page 96. From the entry tongue
  • The funding gap is not the sole, or primary reason so few drugs are approved.1988 August 13, Miranda Kolbe, “A PWA Movement of Guerrilla Clinics”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 8. From the entry patentable
  • As with all life forms, the sole purpose of a virus is to ensure reproduction in kind.1982, Lloyd C. Olson, Virus Infections: Modern Concepts and Status, volume 49, page 2. From the entry purpose
  • Adding cherry tomatoes and black olives to broiled sole is next to no work.1982, Molly Siple, Irene Sax, “Introduction”, in Foodstyle: The Art of Presenting Food Beautifully, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers…. From the entry foodstyling
  • No longer are stereotypical gay men the sole victims of police entrapment.1976 August 28, David P. Brill, “Talking Politics”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 11. From the entry unemployable
  • Leather used in making shoes is of two kinds – bottom, or sole, leather and upper leather.1952, F. P. Veitch, R. W. Frey, H. P. Holman, Leather Shoes: Selection and Care (U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin; 1523)…. From the entry shoe-leather
  • Baron got behind the bar, moved to the sole beer stick, and drew Clint a mug.1951, J.R. Roberts, Lincoln's Revenge. From the entry beer stick
  • May I tempt you to a little more filleted lemon sole, miss Dubedat?1922, James Joyce, Ulysses. From the entry bedad
  • With specious baits they dangle the lure of cheapness as the sole attraction.1922, The Nation and Athenæum, volume 32, page 359. From the entry ungay
  • Rather, being the sole survivor of her own family, and sister of Mr.1919, Sydney Cope Morgan, “Aunt Susan”, in When Leaves were Green, Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd.; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton…. From the entry auntliness
  • Adolph Jueger, pioneers of Grays Harbor City, and sole inhabitants of the "ghost town".1916 April, W. L. Morris, “The Town that Died A-Bornin’: Grays Harbor City, a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Forest”, in Sunset: The Pacific Monthly…. From the entry ghost town
  • The supply of Swedish dubbed leather and sole leather corresponded to a great extent to the demand.1908, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers - Volume 116, page 21. From the entry dubbed
  • Under the widow's loose hold its sole garment, a towel swaddling it, fell off.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry doll-less

Meaning of sole

  1. adjective Only.
  2. adjective Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
  3. adjective Unique; unsurpassed.

Full definition of sole

Questions about sole in a sentence

How do you use sole in a sentence?
Sole is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “The sole brilliance of this gem.”
What is a short sentence with sole?
“A sole authority.”
What does sole mean?
Sole means only.

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