It is a singular characteristic of love that we cannot hide it where it exists, or pretend it where it does not exist. From LearnThat.org. [Magdeleine Sable (c. 1599-1678), French patroness of letters.]
Can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A singular example. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
On such accounts, syntactically plural reference is semantically singular; there is a sense of ˜singular™ in which. From Wordnik.com. [Jamestown] Reference
Also by the term singular, I stick to only mathematical definition rather than its physical existence. From Wordnik.com. [iMechanica - Comments] Reference
Or did you really mean “law”, as in singular/one law?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » “I think the president will enforce the law,”] Reference
This a singular is interconnected with a CHS trademark cap. From Wordnik.com. [Uni Watch More Uni Design, More Football, and More!] Reference
Always a large game, this a singular is for a Rose Bowl birth!. From Wordnik.com. [Uni Watch More Uni Design, More Football, and More!] Reference
(By the way, the singular is "tamal", without the "e" on the end). From Wordnik.com. [Tamales con hoja de papatla y capuline para tomar] Reference
So people like me who only use it in singular are technically correct. From Wordnik.com. [None is, none are: Grammar according to Clarkson « Motivated Grammar] Reference
“Using data as a singular is wrong,” writes Barbara Walraff in Word Court. From Wordnik.com. [2008 August « Motivated Grammar] Reference
But other plays and other players have been more important in singular moments. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Crede's performance finally gets a glimmer of acknowledgement] Reference
How interesting, then, that the word mamma is the Latin singular word for breast. From Wordnik.com. [mamma « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
If anyone wants a real sickener, get it first-person singular from the horse's mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Lock her up] Reference
Now, through usage a people can decide that singular is plural, or plural is singular, I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [Singular “they” and the many reasons why it’s correct « Motivated Grammar] Reference
I called the singular feature which points out this water to the wanderer in these western wilds, Gill's. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,] Reference
The phrase singular antecedents disguises the fact that only words like everybody and perhaps person are meant. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan] Reference
I must commend you Red State Warrior: You just won, in singular confrontation, a mighty victory over a strawman. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » York Clinging To Gorelick Myth] Reference
I do not believe in singular happenstance therefore if a situation like this occurred once, it has happened again. From Wordnik.com. [On Domestic Violence And Guns] Reference
Distribution of copywritten (the singular is copyright, plural what?) books is the responsibility Internet connections make. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Ezra Pound Recordings : Kenneth Goldsmith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
It's the cost, singular, that isn't always divulged. From Wordnik.com. [Fritinancy] Reference
Greek has two "numbers" referred to as singular and plural. From Wordnik.com. [Refinance 2nd Mortgage] Reference
So ambiguity in singular they isn’t a deal-breaker either. From Wordnik.com. [2009 September « Motivated Grammar] Reference
Elohim; and that only more recent times coined the singular form. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
We're seeing a challenge to the notion of singular authority figures. From Wordnik.com. [The Green Bay Press-Gazette Latest Headlines]
It occurred to him that they would be characterized as a singular couple. From Wordnik.com. [Sandra Belloni — Complete] Reference
I also eschew using they as a singular, which is as jarring as using yall thatway. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Kids These Days] Reference
BTW, in singular first, second or third person, it’s “rascist”, not “rascists”. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » New Orleans ‘dangerously unprepared] Reference
I recalled his singular conduct of yesterday, and really I began to fear his wits were touched. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Eyre: an autobiography, Vol. II.] Reference
The French “boeuf” pronounced, roughly, berf means “beeve”, that is, the singular of cattle. From Wordnik.com. [Freshwater: Oct 30, 2009 - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
The Burdwan translator takes it as a participial adjective in the locative singular, which is, of course, wrong. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
I recall his singular tone on the BBC World Service (he now hosts "From Our Own Correspondent" for the network). From Wordnik.com. [In These Times] Reference
Benzoyl peroxide, often referred to as the singular panacea in treatment of acne, constitutes major acne products. From Wordnik.com. [PRWeb - Daily News Feed] Reference
She seemed to feel its glow on her cheek as she recalled his singular persistence and the darkening of his imperious eyes. From Wordnik.com. [In Exile and Other Stories] Reference
We can easily conceive that every fact in the world might be singular, that is, unlike any other fact and sole of its kind. From Wordnik.com. [Pragmatism] Reference
Such a criterion would imply that even the flat spacetime described by special relativity is singular, which is surely unacceptable. From Wordnik.com. [Singularities and Black Holes] Reference
ROMANS: So you know career politicians have a very kind of singular path. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 23, 2007] Reference
The other kind of singular terms, namely, designations (§ 113) are obviously connotative. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
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