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Example sentences for "only some"

  • At Symond's Yat, a little below Coldwell Rocks, the neck of land that divides the Wye from itself is only some 600 yards across; and by standing on the rocky plateau, one may see the river flowing by on both sides.

  • Gradually narrowing in its progress to the sea, it is only some 1,250 yards wide at the entrance.

  • Only some stragglers, sleeping, fell into the hands of the enemy.

  • In the London bills the deaths from "agues" are sometimes distinguished from "fevers," and are then seen to be only some dozen or twenty in two thousand.

  • This is the general report, only some, instead of a tripod, say this present was a cup sent by Croesus; others, a piece of plate that one Bathycles had left.

  • The horns of the female ibex are weak and comparatively short--only some six or seven inches in length, not unlike those of the chamois, but not so sharply hooked.

  • To the best of my judgement it is only some bias in favour of Mr. Wallace's views that can lead a naturalist to view in this way the clear and consistent expression of Darwin's.

  • That he married her as soon as he could is a fact to be remembered to the poet's credit in the general estimate of his character, and more especially of his affection for the girl.

  • Being in possession of his heart, she, of course, has no wish to share it with Claire, and resents Claire's claim for a part of it as unendurable presumption.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "only some" 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:
    billion dollars; considerable distances; only about; only another; only answered; only because; only child; only for; only give; only hope; only know; only known; only look; only remains; only served; only son; only tell; only temporary; only that; only then; only too; only wanted; only wish; slaves would; throwing stones; various sorts