'only' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'only' with 20 example sentences.

only adjective

: being the only one; single and isolated from others

: exclusive of anyone or anything else

only adverb

: and nothing more

: without any others being included or involved

: with nevertheless the final result

: in the final outcome

: except that

: never except when

: as recently as

You're the only one that can help us.

If only it were that simple.

All of these benefits exist only on paper.

Those things only happen in movies.

I'm the only one who knows your secret.

Why have you come only now?

Only one person knows the answer to this question.

Only time can help you.

I only work three hours a day.

That's only a small part of the problem.

We have only two dollars.

I'm the only one who can do that.

Was your mother an only child?

I only have three books.

It will only take a few minutes.

It's only three miles to the village.

My daughter is only three years old.

She lost her only son in a traffic accident.

There are no stupid questions, only stupid people.

I only did that because I had no choice.

Words related to 'only'

just alone merely