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Example sentences for "ones"

Lexicographically close words:
onelye; oneness; oner; onerous; onery; oneself; onesided; onest; onesta; onexpected
  1. Moreover he was instructed to stretch the couch tight with bands, and to deposit all the other things which used to lie there for ornament, both resembling the former ones and of the same number.

  2. Coenus cut the vessels in pieces and conveyed them thither, the smaller ones being cut into two parts, and the thirty-oared galleys into three.

  3. As fast as the men died fresh ones were brought in, and often I found that twenty old faces had gone during the night and that the same number of new ones awaited me in the morning.

  4. It's got to do with us, and we are the ones that know about it.

  5. They were the only ones who arrived in clean clothes.

  6. She indicated her little ones by a backward movement of her thumb.

  7. Those not having time to read all the books can confine their labors to the particular ones they propose to review.

  8. There is nothing tending to show that the women spoken of in the Bible were superior to the ones we know.

  9. They don't have no happiness and don't want to see old ones live nor the young ones neither.

  10. But she always added that the emancipated ones soon found out that freedom meant more work and harder than they had ever done before.

  11. You must remember that slaves were the only ones who did this work.

  12. Me and my father were the only ones working in the family at that time.

  13. They rung the big farm bell and had the oldest niggers stand in a line and us little ones in front so we could all see.

  14. They change text-books so fast the old ones can't be sold.

  15. I ain't never counted the ones I paid since he's been dead.

  16. Ma had so many little ones to raise she give me to Nancy Bennett.

  17. Some of the young ones was hard-headed and rude.

  18. They'd take fat horses and turn their poor ones in the lot.

  19. Them was the ones that was right near us.

  20. At that time the house we lived in was a weatherboarded house just like the ones we live in now.

  21. I cain't raise no children, I'm too old and they ain't got no manners and the big ones got no sense.

  22. His family being generally small, he has all his dear ones around him, under his roof.

  23. Who would dare to compare the greater number of England's conquests to those sterile ones that only survive in man's memory by the tears and blood that they have caused to flow?

  24. The fine large ones he binds together and sells at high prices under the name of English asparagus.

  25. It is his pride that leads him to avoid the lucky ones of the earth; he has no desire to be taken for a schemer.

  26. Here the simple words that we have known and used from childhood are the ones that hinder us least.

  27. And some men who have written much in newspapers and books would have made the same mistake of choosing long words where short ones give the sense as well or better.

  28. I'll give you a list of fresh ones to bring back for us.

  29. There must have been some live ones in the bunch.

  30. We'll cut out all the lame ones and sore backs from our mounts too.

  31. That was bad enough, but a good percentage on this particular ship were from Clan Leras, so even the ones not directly related to him would know him on sight.

  32. He should be able to find treats he liked almost as well as chocolate chip cookies, but ones that wouldn't blow his cover.

  33. Endymion did not fail to give a report of this conversation and similar ones to his sister, for he was in the habit of telling her everything.

  34. The King will, of course, send for the Duke, but I can tell you there will be a disposition to draw back our friends that left us, at least the younger ones of promise.

  35. I could not unite my life with a being who was not refined in mind and in manners, and the men of my class in life, who are the only ones after all who might care to marry me, shock my taste, I am ashamed to say so.

  36. Complicated cavities are converted into simple ones by using a matrix, and proximal cavities in bicuspids and molars are entered from the occlusal surface.

  37. Not one dentist in ten who has come into the profession within the last ten years knows how to make a tin filling, and only a few of the older ones know how to make a good one.

  38. Part of the history will be new to the oldest members of the profession, and the younger ones will certainly read it with interest.

  39. It comes in one-half-ounce boxes, filled with sheets less than two inches square; the thin ones are used for filling, and the thick ones make good linings for vulcanite.

  40. The black figure in the midst of the two white ones was that of his son Siegfried, reputedly so fond of Debussy.

  41. She knew that for some reason which she did not comprehend the police were after her, as they had been after nearly all the great ones of the movement; but she did not care.

  42. The reason for giving the first rule is, that so many young writers--I say young writers as a matter of courtesy, since there are plenty of old ones of whom it is no less true!

  43. It is true that there is still a great deal of slip-shod work offered to the public, but even cheapness is ceasing to be an effectual recommendation for bad translations when good ones are to be had.

  44. It is not possible to contrast physical qualities like color with emotional ones such as quiet and grandeur.

  45. Markets must not only be created and legalized in subject states, but new ones added in outside countries, through smuggling.

  46. Then he heard her say: "If I could only have one flower, I should have lilies of the valley, the small ones that grow wild and smell so jolly.

  47. At last he said: "Because they're independent and dignified and never quite cold, and their branches seem to brood, but chiefly because the ones I mean are generally out of the common where you find them.

  48. Again all the young ones raised their faces and moved them slightly from side to side.

  49. Following on these things came a complete change of rifles--the new ones firing mark VII.

  50. The only ones the 28th saw belonged to the 6-inch howitzer battery, and were stabled up on a hillside the face of which had been cut away so as to afford safe cover.

  51. Three nine or ten-inch guns were placed in the bow, four similar ones on each side, and two smaller ones astern.

  52. The young lawyer at once declared that the care of these dear ones should be his first thought, and he devoted himself to his practice with redoubled energy, in order to provide for them.

  53. The wise ones said it was too complicated for general use, and that its adoption would be attended by the killing or maiming of the majority of those who used it.

  54. Great battles had been fought, and vast armies were drawing breath for greater ones to come.

  55. The long, long days of heat dragged slowly, with little to cheer those families separated from their dear ones by a great army.

  56. We have so, Madam, and right good ones belike.

  57. Dorothy, was your mistress not desirous to have brought up these little ones herself?

  58. I tell thee, Dorothy, wherever those little ones go, the Lord's blessing 'll go with them.

  59. It would be as well if folks would be content to set the bad folks in prison, and let the good ones be," said Dorothy.

  60. And with this rather uncomplimentary remark, Amy left the room, with the blue ear-rings in her ears and the yellow ones in her hand.

  61. Rose took the little ones home to Thorpe, and they met Johnson just at the door of his own cottage.

  62. Well, go you up, and take the little ones with you.

  63. Set these little ones in safe guard, and hie thee away with all the speed thou mayest.

  64. And of course there are women over there--young ones too.

  65. The old ones will die, quickly, of homesickness.

  66. He was everywhere in the little house, elbowing his way among the men with his cheery nonsense, bantering the weary ones until they smiled, carrying hot water for Sara Lee and helping her now and then with a bad dressing.

  67. The rattle of the pack rigging on the porch aroused the children, and when the women returned from the stable the two older ones were investigating the pack.

  68. Deficient as he was in two vital senses, the remaining ones had been developed until his ability to grasp and understand things about him seemed almost uncanny.

  69. They jumped upon one another, bearing the under ones down into the water, until it was boiling with the fighting, maddened animals.

  70. We seen where she jumped over the fust ledge an' helped the young ones down.

  71. No use to call for volunteers, they were all volunteers and envied the fortunate ones whom the tall First Sergeant named for the trip.

  72. The same roots grow useful stalks for three or four years, and then comes the process of gradually planting new roots and removing the old ones so that the same soil can be made productive.

  73. Since most of the fruit on vines trained by the Four-cane Kniffin method is borne on the two upper canes, some growers in the Hudson River Valley dispense with the lower canes and cut the upper ones long enough to bear the crop.

  74. Suckers must be cut or broken off at the points where they originate, otherwise several new ones may start from the base of the old.

  75. It is almost impossible to save them, and new ones will start after the grafts are planted, and make a perfectly satisfactory growth.

  76. So started, the first crop of grapes comes on in June or July, the later ones following in August or September.

  77. There must be large ventilators at the peak of the house and small ones just above the foundation walls or in the foundation walls themselves.

  78. Natural factors, therefore, outweigh economic ones in grape-growing, but the latter must be considered in seeking a site for a vineyard, a task discussed under several heads to follow.

  79. It has been found best, however, to prune weak vines heavily and vigorous ones lightly.

  80. It is possible to use the same spurs for two or three years, but after this they should be cut away and new ones retained.

  81. The average time necessary for drying and curing a tray of raisins is about three weeks, depending on the weather, the earliest picked grapes drying in ten days and the later ones often taking four weeks or more.

  82. The following are theories as to exposure: A southern exposure is warmer and hence earlier than a northern, and is, therefore, the best slope for early grapes as well as for very late ones liable to be caught by frost.

  83. Up hyeh in the mount'ns we call it cunjer, an' thar's some slick ones hyeh, too.

  84. I shouldn't think the big ones would want more than about one bite to put you out of business.

  85. And there is nowhere the faintest suggestion that witnesses other than the false ones were called to testify against Him.

  86. But is it any argument against the miracles of Jesus that similar ones are not seen to-day?

  87. He had been very steady in assuring these wretched ones that they might go or stay, as they pleased.

  88. They were all of them high in heart, and very happy,--testifying their affection to the departing ones by helping them to the nicest bits, and by filling their tumblers the fullest.

  89. But Caldigate would not allow himself to be persuaded As for eating before he had seen the dear ones at home, that he declared to be impossible.


  90. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ones" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.