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Example sentences for "find only"

  • In the plains of South America we find only a very few hillocks of that kind called cerros hechos a mano;* (* Hills made by the hand, or artificial hills.

  • In seeking for phenomena to prove this proposition, I find only those of two kinds; but in each kind the phenomena are obvious, numerous, and conclusive.

  • Upon examination, I find only one of the reasons commonly produced for this opinion to be satisfactory, viz.

  • Often, as was the way of it that morning, the wandering houseboat comes along to find only an empty pier; and if she wishes to establish any closer relations with it, she must make all the advances herself.

  • In the highest mountains we find only sand, stones, flints, and rocks, whose summits often rise above the clouds.

  • By examining these vitrifiable matters, we find only a few sea shells there, and those not placed in beds, but dispersed about as if thrown there by chance.

  • The oldest, and perhaps the most certain, is that given by the princess Anna Comnena; in which however I find only resin, sulphur and oil, but not saltpetre.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "find only" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    aged seventy; bring the; comparative philology; find also; find anything; find gold; find him; find himself; find mention; find nothing; find only; find that; find thee; find traces; find water; find what; finding herself; finding that; finding the; finding them; finding themselves; next winter; pagan antiquity; pontoon bridge; soon made; thet thar