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Example sentences for "only then"

  • Only then did he take the trouble to seek justifiable circumstances.

  • Only then did he feel that his trick might be debatable, as to whether it became a gentleman.

  • Only then did he have a dim sense of what might be the feelings of a girl suddenly stormed into love.

  • Only then did he turn in bewilderment to Chet.

  • Only then did he read again the message on a torn fragment of telautotype paper.

  • Only then did he see the figure at the controls.

  • Only then, when there was no longer room for doubt in his own mind, did he permit his warriors to gain an inkling of his thoughts.

  • Only then, and when they are about to meet with enemies, will you see them roused to any energy.

  • Only then should we learn that to lie at the entrance would be impossible, for it would cost us our lives.

  • Only then it opens by and by into the largest and noblest works of men, in which they most manifest the richness of their human nature and appropriate the strength of God.

  • Only then is it really liberated from the bondage in which it was held while it was fastened in the chains of winter.

  • It is only then that we see the precise chain of cause and effect, and the exact value of all our efforts.

  • Only then did he realize it was she who had come to him, pressing her body against his.

  • Only then did he look up to see the line of Portuguese musketmen on the decks of the Bon Ventura, firing sporadically at the English seamen on decks and aloft.

  • Only then did he realize that all the servants had been watching him.

  • Only then did I fully realize what depravity Bolshevism had brought into the world, crushing out faith, fear of God and conscience.

  • Only then did I understand that all honest people must fight without compromise against this most dangerous enemy of mankind, so long as life and strength endure.

  • Only then did I notice that his cheekbones and eyes had lines strange to the Mongols of Central Asia.

  • Always, down to the most recent times, art has served science and life,--only then was it what has been so highly esteemed of men.

  • If so, perhaps I am that Wanderer, in whose body I seemed to be, only then I am sure that the lady with the golden shells was not Iduna.

  • By the Prophet, that I would do, Lady, only then I fear me that I should let my head go from its shoulders also.

  • Only then, as a soldier, I should never have forgiven myself, for how could I stand still while my comrades fought for me?

  • Make a cook-maid of her if you will, only then I think her tongue would clear the kitchen.

  • Only then, I think, we had better bid each other good-bye, since I love not friends who change their minds when the assegais begin to shake.

  • If so I am ready; only then I have words to say that it may not please you to hear.

  • Only then," she added in a changed voice, "remember, you must leave the horses Flame and Smoke behind you.

  • Only then, I pray you, doubt not that I have done my best, who if I fail must die--most horribly.

  • Only then we guessed what it was had visited us.

  • Only then I realised that just such a face--a face like all men's faces--is the face of Christ.

  • Only then I saw her faithful, loving nature in its perfect radiant glory, but also, alas!

  • I must be in an absolutely pure environment and lead an abstemious life, only then will I remain good.

  • Only then I really felt the absolute impossibility of what I had attempted.

  • Only then I really comprehended what had been given me.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "only then" 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:
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