single file
Example Sentences
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At one point, visitors were prompted to walk in a single file line past two Secret Service officers holding rifles.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
One by one, cattle fall behind him single file to consume a breakfast of ground corn and hay.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
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
Their flashlights swung left to right as around a dozen men walked single file across the hilltop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
Away down below single file on the path comes a woman with four girls, the pale doomed blossoms.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
