Example sentences for: one

How can you use “one” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The paper points out that Clinton suggested yesterday that one obstacle to taking action at the time was a lack of credible information about what was actually going on.

  • While the critique echoes conservative complaints about multiculturalism (harassment law makes women helpless victims), it also incorporates a libertarian strain (government should not pry into consensual sexual relations) and an Epicurean one (we shouldn't penalize people with active libidos; so long as nobody gets hurt--or helped--who cares?)

  • The answer is not an easy one, so before trying to put forward some ideas, let us start by looking at how similar nouns and adjectives are classed.

  • Take the now-retired Paul Simon of Illinois, who took a courageous position in support of the balanced-budget amendment and held to it consistently--even in 1995, when the Democrats were one vote short, and wouldn't have succeeded in defeating the amendment without the help of Republican Mark Hatfield.

  • The Times said that, according to one new security assessment, the IRA possesses at least 1,000 rifles, 500 handguns, 50 heavy machine guns, and 2,600 kilograms of Semtex high explosive.


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