How to Use at one in a Sentence

at one

1 of 2 phrase
  • Some guys were having drinks at one of the cocktail tables by the bar.
    Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
  • That’s because he wasn’t supposed to be playing in the game at one point.
    Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • Gauff then seized the second set with a 117 mph ace to even it at one set all.
    Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • The goal should not be to address as many issues as possible at one time.
    Lynette Bell, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Grab a seat at the bar or at one of a few tables scattered around the room and enjoy a cold drink.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
  • Staying at one company for decades was once a badge of honor.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Coffin revealed the creative team had even explored the idea at one point.
    Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Data from real-world systems rarely changes at one constant rate.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The intruder would open a portal at one address, ping the servers a few times, then close it.
    Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • Smurf played with bumps and bruises and half a tooth at one point against Georgia Tech.
    Hunter Delauder, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • The freezers needed cleaning and there were no paper towels or soap at one of the hand sinks.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
  • The whistle blew moments later, sending us to extra time tied at one goal apiece.
    Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
  • The rate will not increase more than once a month, but there is no limit on the amount that the rate could increase at one time.
    Andreina Rodriguez, CNBC, 9 June 2026
  • The changes are an abrupt reset at one of the world’s most important AI labs.
    Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The inspector found sauces stored without a date marking, no soap at one of the hand sinks and a dead roach in the kitchen.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026
  • That gives the creator a real number to build packages around instead of guessing at one.
    Chris Ryan, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • Her legs also began swelling, and at one point, her vision temporarily went white.
    Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The legacy carrier might be more expensive and force a passenger to make a stop at one of its hubs.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Over the years, the rapper has been open about his battle with alcoholism over the years, which at one point left him in a coma for three weeks.
    Malik Davis, VIBE.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The stock jumped 11% in extended trading at one point before slipping.
    Kif Leswing, CNBC, 23 July 2026
  • The days of teams signing players on the back of a good performance at one World Cup are gone, but what about two?
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • But at one point, a Spanish official said the border was in total collapse.
    Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 31 July 2026
  • No company can lock in a lasting advantage simply by choosing the right tool at one moment in time.
    Brent Saunders, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • The stage was decorated with Bosnian colored lights — blue, white and yellow — at one end.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • But at one year, the tai chi group had caught up, showing results similar to the CBT group.
    Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Imagine having dinner at one of the hottest restaurants in town—and then packing your bags and going on holiday with the chef.
    Lucy Gillmore, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026
  • Instead, the Anchorman actor was assigned to sell tickets at one of the kiosks at the entrance to the theme park.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
  • These tickets must be cashed at one of the nine Florida Lottery district offices around the state.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
  • These tickets must be cashed at one of the Florida Lottery district offices around the state.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026
  • These tickets must be cashed at one of the nine Florida Lottery district offices.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

atone

2 of 2 verb
  • Yet this movie is great enough to atone.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
  • This is Bell’s time to atone for what transpired last year.
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Each one of them, Josh knew, was trying to atone for a wrong.
    Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Is there any way to atone for one’s mistakes, no matter how grave?
    Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2021
  • None may atone for my actions but me and only in me shall their stain live on.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Feb. 2022
  • But the display of piety has done little to mask that the army chief has much to atone for.
    New York Times, 2 Feb. 2021
  • And that is something that needs to be redeemed and addressed and atoned for.
    Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Villains atoned, only to revert to their old ways.
    Judy Berman, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Simply paying more from one year to the next does not atone for the grave offense at hand.
    Adam Parness, Billboard, 22 May 2024
  • Mane then did get his goal in the 77th minute and atoned for his earlier miss.
    SI.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Cassie loves to party but dies in a freak accident and must atone for her wrongs on earth to earn her wings.
    Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Putting the rotation on his shoulders in the second half would do a lot to atone for that.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022
  • The Eagles are on a mission to atone for missing a state berth by one place last year.
    Joe Magill, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Biden has the chance to atone for the sins of his forebears and build up some serious street cred on climate.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Moses destroyed the tablets in anger, but the people atoned for their sin, so God forgave them.
    Sofia Barrett, CNN, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The Jesuits are leading an effort to atone for a past of slavery.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
  • How does a city atone for killing as many as 300 of its Black citizens?
    Maria C. Hunt, House Beautiful, 1 June 2021
  • To Garrett, the extension was a way to give back more and atone for his mistake.
    cleveland, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Nichushkin atoned for his earlier mistake with the third goal of the period.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hedges nearly atoned in the bottom of the inning, sending a fly ball to deep right-center.
    Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 May 2017
  • The show would be their effort to atone, perhaps, and, of course, their effort to make a comeback of some sort.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2018
  • To atone for that addition, perhaps, the owners kept the ratty red vinyl on the stools at the counter.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The deadline afforded Brown a chance to atone for those mistakes.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In a tie game, and the power play 0 for 3 to that point, DeBrusk atoned.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2019
  • But the memo also tells the story of a grown man who spent his time behind bars trying to atone for the crime that put him there.
    Issie Lapowsky Abdul Kircher, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • McGirt played in morning and made a pair of eagles on the back nine to atone in his round of 67.
    Doug Ferguson, The Denver Post, 11 May 2017
  • McGirt played in the morning and made a pair of eagles on the back nine to atone in his round of 67.
    Doug Ferguson, courant.com, 11 May 2017
  • On Yom Kippur, Jewish people atone for their sins from the past year.
    CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Hopefully for the Browns, Wilson will soon have a chance to atone for the mistake.
    cleveland, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Now Google is offering its smarts and a small (to Google) chunk of change to begin to atone for its sins.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2018

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