Thesaurus / once or twice

once or twice

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How to use once or twice in a sentence

He held it, but it was without pressure; without recognizance of the delight with which he once grasped it.

We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.

When his lordship retired early, as was his custom, the other men adjourned once more to the billiard-room.

As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.

Each picture bore a label, giving a true description of the once-honoured gem.

And once more, she found herself desiring to be like Janet--not only in appearance, but in soft manner and tone.

The women at once rose and began to shake out their draperies and relax their muscles.

Squinty, several times, looked at the hole under the pen, by which he had once gotten out.

Twice a year the formal invitation was sent out by the old nobleman to his only son, and to his two nephews.

Afterwards we saw you once or twice at tea at the Ritz, and you took off your hat, so you must have remembered then.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985