How to use "only" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "only" in popular movie and book plots

  • He discovers there is only one sniper, but Doc Jay and Eightball are killed when Doc Jay attempts to indicate the sniper's location.  - Full Metal Jacket
  • On 6 May 1583, eighteen months after their reconciliation, Edward and Anne's only son was born, and died the same day.  - Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
  • He tracks the President's life-monitor bracelet to a vaudeville theatre, only to find it on the wrist of an insane old man.  - Escape from New York
  • The police quickly decide that he is the only suspect.  - Young and Innocent
  • Back at the cabin, Ash listens to more of the tape, learning that the only way to kill the entity is to dismember it when it possesses a host.  - The Evil Dead
  • The Honored Matres have also destroyed the entire Bene Tleilax civilization, with Tleilaxu Master Scytale the only one of his kind left alive.  - Chapterhouse: Dune
  • After Crono and Lucca separately recreate the portal and find themselves in AD 600, they find Marle only to see her vanish before their eyes.  - Chrono Trigger
  • The Riddler gives Batman a chance to save only one hostage.  - Batman Forever
  • In episode 11, it appears that only Alex Rosewater, CEO of the Paradigm Corporation that runs the city, remembers or observes Christmas.  - The Big O
  • Not only this, but a studious girl from Buffy's class, Cassandra, is abducted one night by Amilyn and sacrificed to Lothos.  - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film)
  • The widow, disdaining offers of marriage, devotes herself to her only son.  - Barry Lyndon
  • Jeffrey and Sandy go to a dance together and profess their love, only to be confronted by Sandy's boyfriend.  - Blue Velvet (film)
  • As Tyrell Corporation Nexus-6 models, they have only a four-year lifespan and may have come to Earth to try to extend their lives.  - Blade Runner
  • According to the Wise Man, the only way Ash can return to his time is through the magical Necronomicon Ex-Mortis.  - Army of Darkness
  • A supply of plague serum finally arrives, but there is enough to treat only existing cases, and the country's emergency reserves are depleted.  - The Plague
  • The chaplain mistakes Alex's Bible studies for stirrings of faith; in reality, Alex is only reading Scripture for the violent passages.  - A Clockwork Orange (novel)

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