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Example sentences for "will only"

  • It will only make a very little trouble, and it pleases me better like this.

  • And so the matter, cajole as we may, will only turn on its axis, not stir from the spot, and remains theatrical merely.

  • But on the whole, Paris, we may see, will have little to devise; will only have to borrow and apply.

  • I will only add, that this, as well as every other property of the people of Virginia, is in jeopardy, and put in the hands of those who have no similarity of situation with us.

  • There were dozens of ugly Queens of Scots, of which I will only name to you the eldest Miss Shadwell!

  • I possibly may mention this new one of changing her name, to her husband, and of her coming-over design, but I am sure he will only laugh at it.

  • I will only instance in modesty, which all old Englishmen are persuaded cannot exist within the atmosphere of Middlesex.

  • I will only mention, that we found the Dominicans' church here in mourning for the inquisitor: 'twas all hung with black cloth, furbelowed and festooned with yellow gauze.

  • It will only be necessary to put it under glass to make it pleasant the year round.

  • Perhaps it is true that he owed this to his physical strength, and that he will only keep it hereafter by intellectual superiority, by the dominance of mind.

  • I agree with the commercial traveler who says that it will only be in the millennium that all goods will be alike on both sides.

  • I can live in my home with my husband, if he will only let me do so; but he will not suffer it, unless I recant my religious belief.

  • Time will not allow me to detail my sufferings and persecutions at that hospital; I will only add, may the Lord forgive Dr.

  • I will only add, that conscious innocence is not found skulking in dark forests, and obscure hiding places.

  • Believe me, Major Hansford and myself will be good friends yet, and when we hereafter shall speak of our former estrangement, it will only be to remember by whose gentle influence we were reconciled.

  • I will only take my subaltern, Berkenhead, yonder, and that poor old negro, in whose liberation I sincerely rejoice.

  • In the more intelligent circles of American society one may question anything and everything, if he will only do it civilly.

  • I will only say, that the evidence appears to me altogether satisfactory that some most fatal series of puerperal fever have been produced by an infection originating in the matter or effluvia of erysipelas.

  • Tell me what it is, and, if I can share it with you, or counsel you in any way, it will only be paying back the great debt I owe you.

  • Let us rejoice down here if betroubled above; Let the common herd of mortals dread his blows: And let the world go to ruin, I will only think Of what pleases me; and if I become dust again, I shall only be what I have already been.

  • I will only ask you, Father, at what part of a dinner an oyster-omelet ought to be served?

  • I won't say that appearances were against you at Brussels--I will only say I ought not to have trusted to appearances.

  • In a word, He can give any one of us peace, hope, forgiveness, and reconciliation with God, if we will only trust in Him.

  • And then assure him that he, even he, may be freed at once from all his guilt, if he will only believe.

  • My office I will only use so far as it may enable me to assist you in your objects, if, as I will make bold to believe, you may need such assistance in this land of Mexico.

  • I will only venture to offer one more observation on the afternoon's sermon.

  • I will only add, that a learned young clergyman is not driven for necessary relaxation to improper amusements.

  • This new principle, I am persuaded, will never impair our cheerfulness, it will only fix it on a solid ground.

  • I will only add, that a medical man who was sceptical in regard to the whole matter, became finally convinced that the story bore the marks of truth, and made public his conviction, in the subjoined statements and reasonings.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "will 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:
    will afford; will ask; will become; will break; will command; will crush; will cure; will defend; will even; will introduce; will leave; will marry; will move; will necessarily; will not depart from; will not give thee; will pass; will please; will refer; will return; will say; will stick; will surely; will turn; will watch; willing mind