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
- Just as the exquisite sea-anemones and all the graceful ocean-flowers die out at some fathoms below the surface, the elegances and suavities of life die out one by one as we sink through the social scale. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859
- 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
