single file
Example Sentences
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They walked in single file, many of them barefoot, carrying flowers, handing out bracelets and picking up new followers along the way.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026
When the race began at 4, two hours before sunrise, we scurried off into the woods in tight single file.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
So, when exhausted and inexperienced climbers inevitably struggle there, everybody else waits in a single file, hanging onto a fixed rope, while the bottled oxygen they need to survive at that altitude slowly drains away.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2024
Ships started to stretch, single file, as far across the sea as we could see.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
The nearby outhouse apparently stood in good stead, since six or seven men waited in single file.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
