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

Drone footage from the weekend showed long lines of men and boys standing or walking in single file.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024

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

We marched single file into our yard, where Papi stacked floorboards.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago