How to Use singly in a Sentence

singly

adverb

• The birds can be seen singly or in groups.
• Not singly, not a lone fish here and there, but in packs.
  — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
• Also look for their eggs on leaves, laid singly or in groups.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2022
• When the kids are older, find ways to spend time with each one singly.
  — Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2020
• And depending on size and brand, the cans are sold singly or in four- or six-packs.
  — Anne Schamberg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2018
• They are born singly and tend to be produced all around the stem — a bit like a bottle brush.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Dec. 2017
• The bricks show up singly or in stacks across biennial venues.
  — Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
• More people started tricking in singly, or in twos and threes.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
• The singers came out, usually singly but sometimes in pairs or groups.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
• In six of the pictures, the subjects stand singly against bright monochrome grounds.
  — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2019
• They’re sold singly and in sets of two and four, and the grips come in a range of colors and patterns.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2022
• The windows of the gallery and the floors of its aisles are lined with animals, in herds and singly.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2017
• The droplets can be spread through sneezing, coughing, or speaking or singly loudly.
  — Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2020
• Most bacteria deploy their syringes singly, just like phages do.
  — Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 29 Sep. 2021
• The mini-burgers are sold singly, in twos and threes, or in 16-pack boxes.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2018
• The blooms, which have a moderate tea scent, grow both singly and in small clusters on medium-length stems.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• White, two-inch flowers appear singly or in groups of two or three on a stout stem about the same height as the foliage clump.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2024
• Anyone who still had not filed their return for that year had that much time to determine whether to file jointly or singly.
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 14 June 2021
• The moths emerge from the soil in late spring or early summer, then lay their eggs singly on the undersides of a host plant's leaves.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2022
• They're sold singly in a range of sizes, with 10 attractive colors to mix and match, and come in a six-piece set.
  — Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2022
• Both singly and in chorus, winds occasionally stuck out a little too much.
  — Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 23 Apr. 2021
• The word pops up, singly or in long loops, in Thom’s version of the anguished 12-minute monologue.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020
• The flowers, which appear both singly and in clusters, display the classic hybrid tea form.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
• Along the boardwalk there are people walking, jogging, walking their dogs, singly or in couples.
  — Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020
• The medium-large, 90- to 160-petaled blooms are produced singly and in small clusters.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025
• In August and through autumn, gray squirrels store acorns, walnuts and other nuts singly in small holes dug in the ground.
  — Jim Gilbert Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
• The standard-size, medium-weight towels are sold singly and in sets, and feature double-stitched edges and a triple cam border.
  — Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2022
• The large daisy-like flowers with mounded heads and showy rose or pink rays (petals) are usually borne singly on stout stems, well above the foliage.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 29 May 2018
• Life jackets floated singly, and men without life jackets beat against the sides of boats, trying to clamber into them.
  — Washington Post, 29 May 2018
• The cost of out of warranty repair can be as high as $700, as keys can often not be repaired singly.
  — Glenn Fleishman, Fortune, 22 June 2018