singly

Example Sentences

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Our catastrophes used to come at us singly: one earthquake at a time, one flood at a time, one economy-busting drought or recession at a time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

A 48-year-old Los Angeles-based artist, Rawles is known for her paintings of Black people floating, often singly or in pairs, in rippling watery landscapes, at once hyper-realistic and dreamily abstracted.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2024

Extracellular, doubly charged copper ions are reduced to singly charged copper, transported into the cell, stored in pools, and transferred to the biomolecules that require them on demand.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

But change fees will be eliminated for passengers in the other three groups, who will also be able to buy extras such as seat selection and bringing a carry-on bag in bundles instead of singly.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

We will launch defiance campaigns, stay-at-homes, either singly or together, until the Government should say, “Gendemen, we cannot have this state of affairs, laws being defied, and this whole situation created by stay-at-homes. Let’s talk.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela