ADVERB
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in succession
the prisoners came out one by one -
apart from others
the fine points are treated singly
taken individually, the rooms were, in fact, square -
one piece at a time
she sold the plates by the piece
How To Use one by one In A Sentence
- So I opened each pod one by one, plucking the beans inside.
- Ray was knocking them down one by one, unlike his tragic ancestor who only knocked himself down.
- None of them were bleeding, so she fetched a washcloth and bathed them, one by one, just to be sure there wasn't any dirt in the wounds. GALILEE
- I quit talking as his hands began to knead my tired, knotted muscles and one by one, I felt them all begin to slacken.
- As they are picked off one by one, the pace remains snappy and the viewing experience is over before you know it. The Sun
- The contestants are eliminated one by one until the last two compete in a head-to-head contest.
- They round up all the villagers and execute them one by one.
- One by one they closed or merged with a fund that had a broader remit. Times, Sunday Times
- All those little frog fastenings—he itched to unfasten them one by one. How to Woo a Reluctant Lady
- The glass threads are then pressed into the mastic vertically one by one.
