Will you abandon an innocent man whom you could save by a single word?
As for exculpating himself, even by so much as a single word--as for explaining the snare he had been the victim of, the idea never once occurred to him.
With but one exception the persons present did not understand a single word of this apparent nonsense; and indeed the yellow-haired damsels stared at the speaker in amazement.
No one in the dining-room knew what might have taken place in the other room; and a single word might be treason.
And, having bowed, he withdrew, no one addressing him a single word, so great was the astonishment of all the guests of this house, heretofore so peaceful.
The worthy maestro had not forgotten a single word of that letter; and it was almost literally that he repeated it.
Yet she made no answer, not a single word, not a sign even; she who had said her say and scorned to plead her part.
Then all the audience broke out into a shout, a single word, which we understood, for we had heard one very like it used by the people of the Plain.
By the dead Leo knelt Ayesha, gazing at that icy, smiling face, but speaking no single word.
Except on one solitary occasion he never after--and that is to say for forty years--uttered a single word.
He takes hundreds--nay thousands--of sentences and phrases from Payne, often without altering a single word.
Now when he was far enough from the town the youth came to the grass-widow but would not address a single word to her, albeit fire was lighted in his heart by reason of her being so beautiful.
Far over leagues of land And leagues of sea looks forth its noble tower, And far around the chiming bells are heard; So may that sacred name forever stand A landmark, and a symbol of the power, That lies concentred in a single word.
It is in this manner that a single word or term, in these curious languages, becomes the fruitful parent of many ideas.
All the folk in Altafiord Boasted of their island grand; Saying in a single word, "Iceland is the finest land That the sun Doth shine upon!
Maine, usually so free and easy, dared not utter a single word.
La Feuillade, on the threshold of the door that he had not had time to cross, left the place immediately, without having dared to say a single word.
The Chamber of justice sent a deputation to the Regent, who made, fun of it, by gravely giving permission to the deputies to re-take their prisoner, but without saying a single word to them upon his escape from gaol.
But I beg thee, of thy favour, to be my helper and comforter in all my affairs till Allah fulfil whatso be His will; and I will not gainsay thee with a single word.
When he heard this he arose and withdrew with out speaking a single word; and, betaking himself to his mother related what his aunt had said.
They often noticed the answers which the young Princesses gave in Latin to the harangues addressed to them; they uttered them, it is true, but without understanding them; they knew not a single word of that language.
This Princess was so exceedingly diffident that a person might be with her daily for years together without hearing her utter a single word.
The Abbe had, moreover, observed that the King had never, while Dauphin, addressed a single word to him; and that he very frequently only answered him with a shrug of the shoulders.
During the three hours which this visit occupied, Marie Louise did not utter a single word.
Miss Lydia was doing hardly any work, and could not find a single word to say.
Mademoiselle della Rebbia, on being introduced to Miss Nevil, made her a deep courtesy, but she did not utter a single word.
It is not seemly, at this hour, to yield to the spirit of hate; but she who is lying in her last sleep above would not have counselled me by a single word to such suicidal folly.
True, she had not urged Eva to a definite statement by so much as a single word, yet she had made her feel plainly how deeply it would wound her if her pupil should resolve to disappoint the hopes which she herself had fostered.
You cannot even imagine what my child life was; and yet it is told in a single word--motherless!
He was gazing fixedly at his ticket and uttered not a single word.
My companion and I had traversed woods and heaths without saying a single word; we had made a long detour to avoid Gazeau Tower, which I felt I could not bear to look upon again.
As soon as he appeared Edmee shook hands with him, and retired to her room without saying a single word to me.
May the devil take the lot of you," I cried, "and may you be killed yourself, if I believe a single word of all this.
I kissed it a last time, and, without saying a single word to the others, went and gave myself up to the police.
The Directory would prefer the chances of a war to changing a single word of its ultimatum, which is already too favourable to Austria.
In a word it is not only an inconceivable, but an extremely stupid piece of business; for he has all my secrets; he knows my ultimatum, and could by a single word realize a handsome fortune, and laugh at your obstinacy.
He passed ten successive days without uttering a single word, even in the bosom of his family; except, indeed, when playing at backgammon after dinner with Madame Elisabeth.
He stopped and took my hand; I wished to kiss his; he would not suffer it, but drew me towards him by the hand, and kissed both my cheeks without saying a single word.
I assisted her in finding the letters, and frequently I made an exact copy for her of all that she had ciphered, without knowing a single word of its meaning.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "single word" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
