single file
nounDefinition of single file
: a row of persons, animals, or things arranged one behind the other
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The three men were seen on Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) highway cameras riding the scooters single file on the shoulder of I-94, Milwaukee’s Fox 6 reported. — Fox News, "Texan men caught riding dockless scooters down Milkwaukee freeway following GPS instructions," 22 Aug. 2019 The 10 migrants whose numbers had been called filed into a small office to be processed by Mexican officials who led them, single file, onto the border bridge to El Paso. — Los Angeles Times, "ACLU sues to stop new policy blocking asylum seekers at U.S.-Mexico border," 16 July 2019 The kids line up, single file, and wait their turn. — , Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, "What do city kids do in the summer? Thrive, thanks to the rec center next door," 26 June 2019 In front of her, campers exited their buses in single file Monday. — Lauren Fox, BostonGlobe.com, "‘An island just for us’: opening day for summer camp on Long Island," 1 July 2019 The twin turbines of a Dornier 228 cargo plane roar to life as the bulging khaki figures totter single file up through the side door and into the plane’s belly, which is packed with pallets of firefighting equipment that will be dropped with them. — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, "When wildfires break out, this elite team of ‘smokejumpers’ parachute in," 12 June 2019 Several people recalled the children walking around town in single file. — Joe Heim And Julie Tate, Houston Chronicle, "As Hart children begged for help, system failed them," 12 July 2018 Several people recalled the children walking around town in single file. — Joe Heim And Julie Tate, Houston Chronicle, "As Hart children begged for help, system failed them," 12 July 2018 Several people recalled the children walking around town in single file. — Joe Heim And Julie Tate, Houston Chronicle, "As Hart children begged for help, system failed them," 12 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'single file.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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