Word Finder - once

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(frequency) One and only one time.

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I have only once eaten pizza.

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(temporal location) Formerly; during some period in the past.

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He was once the most handsome man around.

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Multiplied by one: indicating that a number is multiplied by one.

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Once three is three.

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As soon as.

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At a future time.

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As soon as; when; after.

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Once he is married, he will be able to claim the inheritance.

Once again she sighed deeply.

Once into the woods, she began to relax.

I expect you to repay me once it's sold.

Not once did he look in their direction.

All the people of the world were once Egyptians.

All at once a light flashed out from the tower.

Once again he had caught her napping.

But once her father was like that.

Let me know at once when you will start.

Princess Ozma once brought him to life with a witch-powder, when she was a boy.

Then, all at once, he heard footsteps.

Once the garage door was secured, she pulled away from the house.

Once she was settled in the seat, he shut the door and walked around the car to the driver's side.

Jellia at once departed on the errand, and she was gone so long that they had almost forgotten her mission when the green robed maiden returned with a troubled face.

Prince Vasili knew this, and having once realized that if he asked on behalf of all who begged of him, he would soon be unable to ask for himself, he became chary of using his influence.

For once his expression was readable.

But it was only once.

He looked her over once more.

Once again they were both silent.

Once she woke when something tugged under her ear.

My parents at once determined to take me to Baltimore to see if anything could be done for my eyes.

Yet it is admirable to profess because it was once admirable to live.

This was a decision she had already made once - but not really.

Yet somewhere deep inside she feared that if he was capable of betrayal once, then he might be again.

You ought to go out once in a while.

He called her, at least once.

Once on the dance floor, he stretched his long fingers across the small of her back and took her hand.

Once dressed, he returned to the kitchen.

Our greatest Champion, Overman-Anu, once climbed the spiral stairway and fought nine days with the Gargoyles before he could escape them and come back; but he could never be induced to describe the dreadful creatures, and soon afterward a bear caught him and ate him up.

This goal is within our grasp—and with the vaccine presently priced at about thirty cents a child, shame on us for not ending polio once and for all.

Once again fear squeezed her stomach.

Once again the rear end was on solid ground.

Every once in a while, things turn out the way you hope that they will.

Once the floors had been waxed and the furniture polished, the house sparkled - in an empty kind of way.

Despite the piercing gaze she'd never quite gotten used to, she stepped past Jetr and looked up at her mate, taking him in breathlessly once again.

Once more, she held the dress in front of herself.

Once beyond access to the river below, the seldom-used path presented an unbroken cover of fresh white, now blanketed in more than a foot of fresh powder, as it followed the large pipe toward the reservoir.

Once she was outside she viciously kicked at a stone.

The man before him had taken everything from him once; he wouldn't let him do it again!

In England there was once a famous abbey, called Whitby.

I guarded both doll and cradle with the most jealous care; but once I discovered my little sister sleeping peacefully in the cradle.

He is kind, he is one of God's chosen, he's a benefactor, he once gave me ten rubles, I remember.

A tormented look crossed Gabriel.s face, but he nodded once.

Kiera wiped her eyes and gazed at her with a deep frown, then said, "I had a dream once about being sent into outer space."

Romas had attempted once to explain the clothing was not woven aboard the ship but created on his home planet, molecularly broken into invisible pieces and stored somewhere aboard the ship.

Kiera would figure things out soon, especially once Evelyn got her into this new world and its customs.

She waved her wrist before the access pad, but once more, the warrior prevented the door from opening.

Kiera roused herself, climbed to her feet, and stretched before the prisoner snagged her arm once more and began the quick pace again.

The prisoner stepped into it, the disc soaring away once more.

Once she gave up her bond and accepted another, she belonged to him.