And in a few moments the riflemen were on the trail again, spotting it wherever a new path led away, trotting steadily forward in single file, my Indians ranging wide on either flank.
For the first thousand feet the ascent was very steep, and the path so narrow that we could only march in single file.
Next marched, or rather tiptoed, Sergeant Brown, followed by the other men in single file.
The men were lined out in single file, each with his two hands on the rope.
The eight men not on watch ran out in single file, still buttoning their uniforms, and lined up beside the two who watched the guardroom door.
Up this, each with a sack or a basket on his head, the population was to have been induced to run in single file, dumping its hard-won corn into the granary through an opening at the top until the granary was full.
The difficulty of proceeding down a steep declivity commanded by a dense kloof, and so bushy that the waggons could only pass in single file, was represented to Colonel Richardson.
They had marched in single file, as elephants usually do; and had made a regular lane several feet wide, which was quite clear of bushes, and trampled by their immense footsteps.
When running off they usually go in single file, as Jan had represented.
They came on in single file; but they had broken rank, and were splashing about in the water, before I thought of molesting them in any way.
On they came in single file, nearer every moment, and soon I also could see the dreaded banner of the Mohammedan sheikh Samory.
Carefully he trod the great treeless plain, being followed by all in single file.
It was truly a toilsome, dispiriting march, as in single file we pushed our way forward into the interior, and I confess I soon began to tire of the monotony of the terrible gloom.
After which came the regiment, all necessarily in single file.
The band now struck up, and the troops, in single file, marched through the narrow lanes of the crowded town.
I have ordered thirty vessels to form in line, single file, and to cut a canal.
I had now the annoyance of witnessing the difficult ascent of the elephants in single file, exposing their flanks in succession to the shoulder-shot, while I remained a helpless looker-on.
The slave-hunters were advancing as usual, in single file, along the narrow track through the high grass, unsuspicious of an enemy, when the Umiro rushed from both sides of the ambuscade upon them.
He had not long to wait: soon all four bears passed in single file, without smelling him or being aware of him; for this he had to thank poor Cadi: their horrid snouts and jaws being smeared with his blood prevented their scenting fresh prey.
The lions were advancing in single file, and the lights were their gleaming eyes.
At the time when the cave-men lived in England, single file was a standing principle in Morocco, and the practice still holds good.
These women walked in single file, as do the mules and donkeys.
By this time A Company is advancing in its original direction, but split up into eight half-platoons in single file--four on each side of the road, at intervals of thirty yards.
When she went away again it had grown dark enough for safety, and the young followed her in single file to the pond shore, where I soon lost them among the cool shadows.
The mother always leads, like a bear, and the little ones follow in single file, noting everything that the mother calls attention to.
The herds of cattle now follow them in single file just as the buffaloes did a few years ago, as they search for water in the same way.
Such paths were made by herds of bison all over their pasture region as they traveled down water-courses, in single file, searching for water.
In the grand procession at New Orleans, one hundred Choctaw Indians marched in single file.
Then amid much joking and merry songs, the column marched in single file through a bit of timber.
All that hot July afternoon, the men picked their way along rough and narrow roads, up steep hillsides, and through swamps and dense ravines, often in single file.
They had but just established their camp, when they saw six savages approaching, following each other in single file.
A convoy of canoes, thirty in number, in single file, formed this wonderful funeral procession.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "single file" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
