Her husband by death; her boy, her only son, by his own will.
As if anything could open the eyes of a mother to the faults of her only son.
It seemed now to Edith that the climax of her sorrows had been reached in the sufferings and exile of her only friend.
This indeed looked like a desertion of her on the part of her only friend.
Thus, her only acquaintances, her only associates, were certain carefully selected men.
For if he knew he might dislike her, might leave her--and she dared not think what life would be without him, her only source of companionship and affection, her only means of support.
After she had gone halfway down a long steep hill, she had to turn back because she had left her only possessions.
And again in a few minutes the mother was covering her only son's head with tender kisses, so violently and so long that her strength failed her and she fell back on the pillows, overdone.
She had looked on me ever as her only son's future wife, and Gotz himself had been of the same mind, whereas in his boyhood, and even when his beard was coming, he loved nought better than little Margery in her red hood.
Her only daughter, Gulielma, was the playmate and companion of Thomas.
But he's her only son; and you know, Mrs. Matson, the heart of a mother.
Augusta had been here but a few weeks before her footsteps were traced by her only brother, who had lately discovered her situation, and urged her to forsake her unworthy husband and find refuge with him.
Her only consolation, which weakened or strengthened with her moods, was that, inasmuch as this state of affairs was unbearable she would not be expected to bear it.
He found time to say to her only a few words, "You are more adorable than ever!
Her only jewelry as a superb diamond necklace, the President's wedding present, and an engagement-ring containing a sapphire and two diamonds.
Mrs. Pierce came to the White House sorrow-stricken by the sad death of her only child, but she bravely determined not to let her private griefs prevent the customary entertainments.
Her only appearance in public at the White House was at a party given to her grand-children.
Her only fear is lest vain complacency should open the door of the inner temple to the enemy, who would soon despoil her of her gifts.
Her only support in these terrible interior trials was in the remembrance of God's promise "to be with those who are in tribulation" (Ps.
It was the last caress and the last farewell of this heroic woman to her only child; henceforth he was to be the child of providence, and she was to be as if his mother no more.
While Godolphin was thus talking with Lady Delmour, his whole soul was with Constance; of her only he thought, and on her he thirsted for revenge.
My letters, her only comfort, have been cold and few of late; I know how they have wrung her heart.
This girl had been the only woman who had signally affected his life; yet if her only recognition of it was this cold manner, he could command the same.
That Ruth, her only daughter, should be the subject of vulgar bandying was more bitter than wormwood to her; but that her own niece could come with these wild conjectures incensed her beyond endurance.
It seemed possible to Nan that any day a carriage drawn by a pair of prancing black horses might be seen turning up the lane, and that a lovely lady might alight and claim her as her only niece.
Leslie protested that he had always treated Miss Prince in a perfectly fair and friendly manner, and that if she had chosen to show no interest in her only niece, nobody was to blame but herself.
This is her only opportunity to receive it, which must be directly from me.
He is her only boy," said a man to his comrade, who stood near Beryl's seat.
There Glover, three months after the marriage and six months before the birth of her only child, died of yellow fever.
He was the father of her only child, yet all that is mortal of him has for nearly seventy years lain with the unclaimed, forgotten and abandoned dead at Wilmington, North Carolina.
Why did she not reach out her all-powerful hand and save her own granddaughter, the child of her only son, when piteous appeal to her was made by the child's father?
It was like going back to play, to be sure; all the sacredness was gone, but the interest remained, and her yearning spurred her to her only resource.
If she knew what he seemed bent upon telling, he might take away her faith--her only support.
Frightened, but thoroughly roused to her only hope, Priscilla staggered to the door, clutched the key in cold, trembling fingers, and turned it in the lock.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "her only" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
