How to Use one of the only in a Sentence

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• And one of the only times that a true sense of road weariness seemed to creep in.
  — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
• Ukraine is one of the only countries blocking his path to do that.
  — Ella Polak, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
• Bowie was one of the only British singers who would sing with an accent.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 14 Apr. 2023
• Justin Fashanu is one of the only players to come out as gay in that time.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
• The country is one of the only places in the world where the mid-ocean ridge stands above the waves.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
• And the whole thing, cooking three meals a day, that is one of the only keys to a man's heart.
  — Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
• Still, these grants are one of the only outside sources of funding for these projects.
  — Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2024
• One of our testers said this is one of the only sunscreen sticks she’s tried that didn’t sting her eyes.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 2 July 2024
• At that price, the Dodgers are one of the only teams in the league that could afford him.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
• Exercising is one of the only things that keeps my brain calm.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
• That’s actually one of the only scenes of mine that has been cut.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2025
• Metro’s one of the only ones who can be versatile like that today.
  — Paul Thompson, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
• Baldwin has been one of the only bright spots in a lost season for the Braves.
  — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
• So farming is one of the only things a private citizen can do.
  — Photographs & Text By Elliot Ross For Time, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• This is one of the only machines on our list that uses a self-cleaning feature.
  — Laura Denby, Parents, 29 Feb. 2024
• The result is one of the only true carbon-neutral hotels in the world.
  — Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
• Darby’s murder is one of the only cases this year that police have no leads on at all.
  — David Clarey, jsonline.com, 10 Dec. 2025
• Judge is one of the only players in the league who deserves to have this kind of confidence.
  — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
• This was one of the only things the Buttholes were ever wrong about.
  — Pat Blashill, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
• Secondary sales like this remain one of the only ways that employees have to sell their shares.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
• Porn was one of the only places where those lives existed visually.
  — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
• When skiers can’t get to snow, dryland training on rollerskis is one of the only options.
  — Agnes MacY, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2026
• This is one of the only times all your friends and family are here to celebrate you—why not dine with them?
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
• In my experience, yoga pants are one of the only styles that truly do it all.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
• The foot stomps are one of the only percussive elements that keep coming back in to this movie.
  — Vulture, 27 July 2023
• When these passes are closed for the winter, snowmobiles are one of the only ways to access them.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
• To her, motherhood seemed like one of the only things that made the future feel exciting.
  — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
• She was referred to one of the only spinal surgeons in Canada who was willing to treat her.
  — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
• Still, that night in New York was one of the only times Willard was told no by his bosses.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2025
• But Sony is one of the only major studios that doesn’t own a streaming service.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2024