How to Use singly in a Sentence

singly

adverb

• The birds can be seen singly or in groups.
• When the kids are older, find ways to spend time with each one singly.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2020
• The windows of the gallery and the floors of its aisles are lined with animals, in herds and singly.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017
• They’re sold singly and in sets of two and four, and the grips come in a range of colors and patterns.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2022
• And depending on size and brand, the cans are sold singly or in four- or six-packs.
  — Anne Schamberg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2018
• Also look for their eggs on leaves, laid singly or in groups.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022
• They are born singly and tend to be produced all around the stem — a bit like a bottle brush.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Dec. 2017
• In six of the pictures, the subjects stand singly against bright monochrome grounds.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019
• The word pops up, singly or in long loops, in Thom’s version of the anguished 12-minute monologue.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020
• The mini-burgers are sold singly, in twos and threes, or in 16-pack boxes.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2018
• They're sold singly in a range of sizes, with 10 attractive colors to mix and match, and come in a six-piece set.
  — Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2022
• The singers came out, usually singly but sometimes in pairs or groups.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
• The moths emerge from the soil in late spring or early summer, then lay their eggs singly on the undersides of a host plant's leaves.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2022
• More people started tricking in singly, or in twos and threes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
• The blooms, which have a moderate tea scent, grow both singly and in small clusters on medium-length stems.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• Available singly, or in bundles that include a stylish tray.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2021
• In August and through autumn, gray squirrels store acorns, walnuts and other nuts singly in small holes dug in the ground.
  — Jim Gilbert Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
• The cost of out of warranty repair can be as high as $700, as keys can often not be repaired singly.
  — Glenn Fleishman, Fortune, 22 June 2018
• The droplets can be spread through sneezing, coughing, or speaking or singly loudly.
  — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2020
• The standard-size, medium-weight towels are sold singly and in sets, and feature double-stitched edges and a triple cam border.
  — Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2022
• The large daisy-like flowers with mounded heads and showy rose or pink rays (petals) are usually borne singly on stout stems, well above the foliage.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2018
• To cook singly: Fry about one minute, or until pancake is barely colored.
  — Florence Steinberger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2018
• Anyone who still had not filed their return for that year had that much time to determine whether to file jointly or singly.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• The striped, marsupial predator, and largest of its kind, moved at a slow, stiff-legged pace through the grasslands of Australia, hunting singly or in pairs.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
• That’s because in the world of Sondheim, feelings never come singly but in battalions.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
• Life jackets floated singly, and men without life jackets beat against the sides of boats, trying to clamber into them.
  — Washington Post, 29 May 2018
• A female mosquito lays her eggs either singly or in raft-like clusters.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2017
• Along the boardwalk there are people walking, jogging, walking their dogs, singly or in couples.
  — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
• The bag limit for game turtles is four per day (singly or in aggregate), and the possession limit is 8 (total) for these species.
  — Tim Evans, Indianapolis Star, 14 July 2019
• Volunteers arrived singly and in groups, grabbed coffee and doughnuts, then set off down the street trailing black plastic garbage bags.
  — Richard Mertens, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2021

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