single file
Example Sentences
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They walked in single file, many of them barefoot, carrying flowers, handing out bracelets and picking up new followers along the way.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026
When the race began at 4, two hours before sunrise, we scurried off into the woods in tight single file.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Compared to cells moving in a single file, clusters were much slower.
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024
They lined up single file against the brush, in a dusty clearing steps from Highway 94, and waited for Border Patrol agents to pick them up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
I’d spent so much time at the hospital that up until I was about twelve, I had the largest single file of any patient at Mater Children’s Hospital.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
