single file

Example Sentences

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It used to take me a few days to get all my different receipts into a single file for my accountant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

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

Compared to cells moving in a single file, clusters were much slower.

From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2024

Ships started to stretch, single file, as far across the sea as we could see.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Away down below now, single file on the path, comes a woman with four girls in tow, all of them in shirtwaist dresses.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver