such a one

Example Sentences

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If your husband is such a one, Miss Manners can only offer you her sympathy.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023

He demands, "Is such a one fit to govern, speak."

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022

He stood now hovering above the house of just such a one, a child to whom Qumqam had not yet spoken.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2017

You wouldn't think a bulldog-husky-poodle mutt could train up a brood of raccoon kits and opossum joeys, but she's such a one.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2011

Great adventures would call to such a one as he and no peril would ever hold him back.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton