English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "One" in Example Sentences
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681176	The city of Boston has one of the best children's hospitals in the United States.	Source_VOA
3091061	Tom's wallet was a bit the worse for wear, and Mary said he should get a new one.	patgfisher
241598	Twenty-five years from now there will be one retired person for each two working.	Nero
760574	I saw a red car and a white one. The red one was nicer looking than the white one.	CK
2038602	In order to get to know a person, one merely needs to travel with them for a week.	chubbard
3147929	The price tag says one thing, but the dealer will give it to me for a little less.	CK
2744643	Tom bought two chocolate cupcakes with vanilla icing and gave one of them to Mary.	CK
3001463	Would either of you be interested in going on a blind date with one of my friends?	CK
73717	"If you're on that telephone for less than one minute, I'll eat my hat," Bob says.	CM
329137	He sent about 2.2 billion spam emails over a period of around one and a half years.	fcbond
941310	Kissing one's spouse in public is considered acceptable behavior in some countries.	CK
58863	When you compare this dictionary with that one, you can easily see which is better.	CK
2032969	Although no one ever spoke about it, everyone knew that something wasn't quite right.	charlotte13
3002007	I'm not the only one interested in finding out what Tom did with the stolen diamonds.	CK
1927455	If you could choose one famous person you'd like to spend time with, who would it be?	CK
3065751	If you were only able to meet with one historical figure, who would you like to meet?	serendipity42
1096372	One problem translators face is that sometimes the source document is poorly written.	CK
2956510	Tom didn't have enough money to buy the guitar he wanted, so he bought a cheaper one.	CK
396195	Although Jane had one suitcase less than me, she still said she had too much to carry.	CM
327372	Do you intend to throw away in one instant what our family has painstakingly built up?	CM
736975	Don't you want to put in another disc? We've been listening to this one for two hours.	qdii
619058	I can go months without an alcoholic drink, but not even one hour without a cigarette.	darinmex
18377	If you're not prepared to take the trouble to learn how to train a dog, don't get one.	Nero
27895	In medical research, one of the first problems is to isolate the cause of the disease.	CK
1092966	Tom seems to be unwilling to believe that Mary was the one who stole his credit cards.	CK
3271706	Tom was from a humble background, but he became one of the richest men in the country.	patgfisher
329265	At first we used to go separately, but one day we started going and returning together.	fcbond
240784	Happiness depends not so much on circumstances as on one's way of looking at one's lot.	CM
847239	The eating of delicious food is one of the most intense and poignant pleasures of life.	Source_Benedict_1921
45622	The twins look so much alike it's next to impossible to distinguish one from the other.	CK
29707	A more plausible proposal is the one Leech presented in conjunction with Emmet's theory.	CM
695171	I hope all but one of your dreams come true, so you always have something to strive for.	darinmex
274486	In order to keep our feet warm we had to shift from one foot to another and keep moving.	Zifre
64804	It was boredom that Aldous Huxley considered one of the most dangerous human conditions.	CM
954224	One way to learn a foreign language is to interact with native speakers of that language.	CK
1344027	Two girls and three boys live in the apartment, each one coming from a different country.	Chrikaru
1528238	Drinking lots of water is good for you, sure, but one can't drink that much water at once.	marshmallowcat
240826	Happiness depends, not so much on circumstances, as on one's way of looking at one's life.	CK
528323	I always thought that a stroke was one of nature's ways to tell you that it's time to die.	fanty
825631	One out of 455 women doesn't realize she's pregnant until the twentieth week of pregnancy.	Spamster
2961574	The Wright brothers built their first plane together, but Orville was the one who flew it.	meerkat
1093671	Tom has enough money to buy any computer in this store. He just needs to decide which one.	CK
2906787	Tom reached in his pocket, pulled out some matches, struck one, and then lit the campfire.	CK
35653	At the party, one of his political opponents humiliated him in the presence of many guests.	CK
239843	Old homes, especially traditional Japanese ones, can be damp and unfriendly to modern life.	CM
58347	The newspaper began to lose readers when it dispensed with one of its most popular writers.	CM
67747	It isn't surprising that Africans may think of English as one of their continent's languages.	CK
281382	The Japanese public bathhouse was once used as a center of social life in one's neighborhood.	CK
2790162	Both of Tom's parents died when he was just a baby, so he doesn't remember either one of them.	CK
953162	Considering all I've eaten all day is just one slice of bread, I'm not really all that hungry.	CK