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Example sentences for "not only"

  • Not only that, she is using up whole pages of description when she should be giving us dialogue.

  • Not only that, he had just begun his breakfast.

  • Not only that, I'm going to write about it.

  • Not only did he step by now; he turned, came back; stopped before the window.

  • Not only that, I expect you not to be surprised at anything I say.

  • I confess that I disbelieve in the innateness, not only of IDEAS, but also of FORMS or LAWS of our understanding; and I hold the metaphysics of Reid and Kant to be still farther removed from the truth than that of Aristotle.

  • They injured each other, not only by war and pillage, but also by usurpation and appropriation.

  • But, like communism and population, all these categories are antinomical; all are opposed, not only to each other, but to themselves.

  • The State is not only a borrower, it is an insurer and guardian of property; granting the best of security, it assures the most inviolable possession.

  • All these prohibitions are so many positive interdictions, not only of the land, but of the air and water.

  • And now the golden fleece is found; not only found, but, in its birthplace, woven.

  • Not only is Georgia thus the geographical focus of our Negro population, but in many other respects, both now and yesterday, the Negro problems have seemed to be centered in this State.

  • It is thus clear that the study of Negro religion is not only a vital part of the history of the Negro in America, but no uninteresting part of American history.

  • Not only is this true in the world which Atlanta typifies, but it is threatening to be true of a world beneath and beyond that world,--the Black World beyond the Veil.

  • They were considered a bold advance on the marine engines then in use, not only in regard to their great power, but in carrying out many specialities in their details and general structure.

  • Not only so; but he kindly permitted me to obtain castings of one of the best turning-lathes in the workshops.

  • Strange as it may seem, he always appeared to me not only practical, but immensely matter-of-fact.

  • Early enough to be not only out of the streets, but out of hearing of the bells, when the good people go to church.

  • Not only is the day waning, but the year.

  • His collection is interesting and important, not only as the parent source or foundation of the earlier printed versions of Aesop, but as the direct channel of attracting to these fables the attention of the learned.

  • Jupiter, vexed at his request because he was not satisfied with his size and strength of body, and desired yet more, not only refused to give him horns, but even deprived him of a portion of his ears.

  • I would sooner talk of the lower class, not only of Madrid but of all Spain.

  • Not only as a Carlist, but as Don Carlos himself.

  • The real object of that movement is not only to disenthrall, it is, also, to bestow upon the Negro the exercise of all those rights, from the possession of which he has been so long debarred.

  • Not only is slavery on trial, but unfortunately, the enslaved people are also on trial.

  • First, to make an end of the horrible gluttony and drunkenness, not only because of the excess, but also because of its expense.

  • But the spiritual power does harm not only when it does wrong, but also when it neglects its duty and busies itself with other things, even if they were better than the very best works of the temporal power.

  • In this case, not only Mr. Franklin, but my lady too, for a wonder, left me in the dark.

  • This time, I not only went to the door, but went fairly out on the road back.

  • I am not only persuaded of Herncastle's guilt; I am even fanciful enough to believe that he will live to regret it, if he keeps the Diamond; and that others will live to regret taking it from him, if he gives the Diamond away.

  • It is dreadful to see, not only there, but almost in every house in the town, what devastations are made by that destructive fury, the spirit of play.

  • The unfortunate results of this union are but too well known, not only as regarded the parties themselves, but as regarded society generally.

  • Ask the Successful Merchant; interrogate your own heart; and you will have to admit that this is not only a silly but an immoral position.

  • The letter is not only dead, but killing; the spirit which underlies, and cannot be uttered, alone is true and helpful.

  • It is not only by steel or fire, but through contempt and blame, that the martyr fulfils the calling of his dear soul.

  • And we must be what is called prudent and make money; not only because it is pleasant to have money, but because that also is a part of respectability, and we cannot hope to be received in society without decent possessions.

  • Not only do I feel, since last night, that I dare not confide to him the details of my projects; but also I feel that if I delay, there is danger of his giving warning, and then they might escape.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "not 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:
    eternal death; indicate the; just nothing; las manos; not altogether; not guilty; not intend; not know; not less; not like; not long; not made; not necessary; not see; not such; not surprising; not wholly; note paper; note the; nothing came; nothing doubting; nothing loath; profile view; sais pas; water cure; will certainly