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Example sentences for "with only"

  • It was a hot and not a very interesting walk, with only a high bare wall of brick, broken by frequent square towers, on one side of the road, and a bank and hedge or a garden wall on the other.

  • There was something so tenderly respectful in the tone that Amy, with only a graver face, replied, "Yes, there was my Aunt Martha.

  • It was the same face he had known in time past,--the same, with only an alteration that had added new graces but had taken away none of the old.

  • I was out there a year, and here I am with only half a game leg; times were a lot worse, then, too.

  • He had been out there, too, and he was alive; with only a little limp.

  • The bottom was mostly gravel, with only an occasional rivulet of sand.

  • Before long they emerged into the clear sunshine again, the horses trotting eagerly up a grassy rise, with only a few large boulders to impede their climb.

  • Briggs' greeting was correct and formal, but the man returned it with only a slight, distracted nod.

  • Naus being a Belgian, nearly all the employees are Belgian, as I have said, with only one or two French lower subordinates.

  • Little Badal Khan Karez, with only 30 houses, stood to the south-west.

  • Boards, secured to the sides, with only a thin cushion over them, run the length of the vehicle.

  • Knives and forks and spoons had it alone, with only words of necessity; till Faith asked Mr. Linden if he would not have another cup of coffee.

  • And Cindy at last fixed her attention upon Mr. Linden, with only an occasional roll of her eyes towards Mr. Skip.

  • He looked down again as suddenly, with only a slight motion of his hand to his hat.

  • The night was dark, with only a few stars, and the air was cool.

  • They appeared thin and slow, with only an occasional leaping flame.

  • It was a round bulge, slanting fearfully, with only a few little rough surfaces to hold a foot.

  • He would accept and go his way--back to that lonely desert, with only a horse.

  • Will it give you back the children who have rushed out wildly or strayed indifferently from the house which you have never taken pains to make a home, but have been content to turn into a hotel, with only less of liberty?

  • There was no need for talk, and so the two men sat before the hut, with only an idle word now and then, until the dark came down.

  • Major d'Orvilliers left me with only a handful of men.

  • A long hour went by, with only a commonplace word now and then between the prisoners.

  • They had no tent on this occasion, but really that was not going to prove any hardship to these bold lads, accustomed to spending many a night in the woods, with only a blanket for a cover against the dew and frost.

  • Roberts, who was nearly white, with only a small proportion of negro blood in his veins.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "with 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:
    considerable extent; feet light; made great; small herd; takes place; this incident; upon landing; with her; with instructions; with its; with little; with much; with our; with regard; with some; with that; with the result that; with their; with this; with two; with water; with white; with whom; within the; without looking; without speaking