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Example sentences for "name only"

  • In a little while the wicked woman knew that which thrilled her with cruel joy--that beautiful Una, living in the same house with Eliot and bearing his name, had never been aught to him but his wife in name only.

  • She said to herself: "His wife in name only!

  • It had rained, but now the sun came out fiercely, and the Rough Riders (riders in name only, for only the officers were on horseback) suffered greatly through being clad in winter uniform.

  • It is related that the osadame-soba was operative in name only, and that the merchants secretly dealt in the cereal at much lower prices than those officially fixed.

  • The new shogun held office in name only; all administrative power was usurped by the kwanryo and his nominees.

  • You are my wife," he returned, with quivering lips; "but you must remain so in name only.

  • She seemed by instinct to understand that she was his wife now in name only.

  • In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality.

  • One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.

  • I entreat your eminence to allow me to give my name only to you and in person.

  • Defn: In a nominal manner; by name; in name only; not in reality.

  • Defn: Existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince.

  • Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.

  • Defn: One of a sect of philosophers in the Middle Ages, who adopted the opinion of Roscelin, that general conceptions, or universals, exist in name only.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "name only" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    agricultural exports; arms centered; beating constantly; below the; cease firing; counted worthy; found afterwards; her crew; hundred francs; local authorities; merchant shipping; much matter; name appears; name applied; name formerly; name like; name might; name only; name sometimes; name was; name written; named after; named from; other causes; spiritual jurisdiction; tepid water