single file

Example Sentences

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Hundreds of people trudged up the steep switchbacks in single file.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

"In the end, everything worked out. Everyone went down in a single file, everyone helping, and we managed to finish the trail, see the sunrise, and experience that adrenaline rush," Nobre told the paper.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 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

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

Yoshoto got up from her desk promptly at five-thirty and went upstairs to prepare dinner, and M. Yoshoto and I followed—fell into single file, as it were—at six sharp.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger