One in a sentence (esp. good sentence like quote, proverb...)

Synonym: 1, I, ace, ane, i, matchless, nonpareil, one and only, one, peerless, single, unitary, unity, unmatchable, unmatched, unrivaled, unrivalled. Similar words: done, on, once, tone, zone, on end, age, and. Meaning: [wʌn]

n. 1. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number 2. a single person or thing. adj. 1. used of a single unit or thing; not two or more 2. having the indivisible character of a unit 3. of the same kind or quality 4. used informally as an intensifier 5. indefinite in time or position 6. being a single entity made by combining separate components 7. eminent beyond or above comparison.

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31. Reap as (or what) one has sown.

32. Pride and grace dwelt never in one place.

33. Every failure one meets with adds to one’s experience.

34. One man's meat is another man's poison.

35. A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.

36. Please one’s eye and plague one’s heart.

37. One scabbed sheep will mar a whole flock.

38. No one is a fool always, every one sometimes.

39. Respect yourself, or no one else will respect you.

40. Love makes one fit for any work.

41. God never shuts one door but he opens another.

42. One hand washes another [the other].

43. Kill two birds with one stone.

44. One cannot get blood from a stone.

45. No one can call back yesterday.

46. One hour today is worth two tomorrow.

47. One foot is better than two crutches.

48. Saying is one thing and doing another.sentencedict.com/one.html

49. One cloud is enough to eclipse all the sun.

50. The family is one of nature's masterpieses.

51. One false move may lose the game.

52. One sin opens the door for another.

53. Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.

54. One chick keeps a hen busy.

55. Better master one than engage with ten.

56. One false step will make a great difference.

57. No man (or one) is born wise or learned.

58. You cannot clap with one hand.

59. Bite off more than one can chew.

60. As the old cock crows, the young (one) learns.

31. One of the panels had become detached from the main structure.

32. One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel.

33. This is my class photo - I'm the one in the middle.

34. For the best results buy one of the more expensive brands.

35. One of the new government's policies is to cut taxes.

36. On one occasion, she called me in the middle of the night.

37. One unexpected spin-off of the course was the forming of some really close friendships.

38. He was said to have head-butted one policeman and stamped on another's hand.

39. Genetic engineers transpose or exchange bits of hereditary material from one organism to the next.

40. One section of the class was reading and the other section was writing.

41. According to the official figures, over one thousand people died during the revolution.

42. That one mistake ruined his chances of getting the job.

43. For one heart-stopping moment, we thought she was going to fall.

44. When the government is finally brought down, no one will mourn its passing.

45. The headmistress informed us that the school would be closed for one day next week.

46. Her husband was unsympathetic and she felt she had no one to turn to.

47. McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one.

48. One of the company stepped out and saluted the General.

49. The company was one of the first to offer meaningful employment to the blind.

50. By investing in real estate, he was one of the richest men in the United States.

51. The rag trade is extremely competitive, and one needs plenty of contacts in order to survive.

52. The loss of my watch meant that I had to buy a new one.

53. We've got a great big car, and you've only got a titchy little one.

54. This cable should have a plug at one end and a socket at the other.

55. She is one of the four people on my shortlist of great singers.

56. Laughter is one of the most infectious expressions of emotion.

57. Your essays tend to concentrate on one theme to the exclusion of everything else.

58. One of the first crops that I grew when we came here was rye.

59. She told us the story of one of Britain's most notorious country house murders.

60. He was obliged to resign when one of his own aides was implicated in a financial scandal.

More similar words: done, on, once, tone, zone, on end, age, and, any, be, bond, code, come, cope, core, cue, die, dose, end, eye, fee, fine, gene, he, home, hope, ie, in, joke, knee.