single file
Example Sentences
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"In the end, everything worked out. Everyone went down in a single file, everyone helping, and we managed to finish the trail, see the sunrise, and experience that adrenaline rush," Nobre told the paper.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
It used to take me a few days to get all my different receipts into a single file for my accountant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
Their flashlights swung left to right as around a dozen men walked single file across the hilltop.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025
Drone footage from the weekend showed long lines of men and boys standing or walking in single file.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2024
The prisoners trudge clockwise around the prison yard, marching single file on the worn path, their gray prison smocks billowing like the wings of birds.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
