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Example sentences for "only answer"

  • Morok's only answer was to shrug his shoulders, and raise the neck of the bottle to his lips.

  • My only answer was to embrace him most affectionately.

  • Jim's only answer is a sympathetic pressure of the extremely well-fitting glove nearest him.

  • Jim's only answer is to lift his hands and shoulders in protest against his friend's weak-mindedness.

  • Jim's only answer is to look at him sadly and sternly; then he says coldly: "I do not recommend it; it would be a clumsy way of doing it.

  • But to this poetic and flattering analogy, Jim's only answer is a surly "Humph!

  • Lagardere's only answer was to spring back clear of the nearest swordsmen and to draw his sword again.

  • Go away now," was Wraysford's only answer.

  • Stephen's only answer to this was a book, accurately shied at the head of his enemy.

  • Ricketts' only answer was to turn his back and begin to talk to his other neighbour.

  • A silent pressure of the hand was my only answer, and he added in a low voice, "then it shall be as you wish".

  • A sigh was my only answer, for his words were but the echo of my forebodings.


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "only answer" 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:
    admitted that; brief outline; chopped suet; illustrious friend; only about; only apparent; only child; only fair; only fancy; only found; only laughed; only more; only once; only one; only said; only slightly; only son; only tell; only temporary; only they; only three; only wait; only what; only wish; this purpose; when mother