Sentence examples for upon a lone from inspiring English sources
First the convoy happens upon a lone walker hanging out in a doughnut shop.
He and fellow adventurer Christopher Gist come upon a lone warrior outside an Indian village ominously named Murdering Town.
Consulting the wall of the Queenstown visitors center, which featured brochures describing an array of outdoor sports, we came upon a lone leaflet advertising "Let's Go Canyoning!" It declared: "We will descend into the canyon, plunge into pools, cascade down chutes, and swim narrow passageways".
In any case, after quite a hike, they came upon a lone gardener to whom my father spoke a few words en francais.
But 12 minutes later... Angry, angry hippo On my last night at Mombo, we came upon a lone bull hippo wading in a river, the last of many hippos I encountered during my stay.
became angered upon spotting a lone protester across from the White House, and he was chased away.
"Some commentators have seized upon this proposal as a lone example of positive strategic thinking," I suggested, among proposals all about detailing the £350m of cuts.
Some commentators have seized upon this proposal as a lone example of positive strategic thinking in 224 pages detailing £350m of cuts – the "one ray of light in the otherwise awful green paper", as James Sandbach, a policy adviser at Citizens Advice and member of the Justice For All campaign, puts it.
(The theory — upon which the possibility of a lone gunman depends — supposes that one bullet struck President Kennedy before travelling onward to inflict multiple wounds on Governor John Connally).
(The theory—upon which the possibility of a lone gunman depends—supposes that one bullet struck President Kennedy before travelling onward to inflict multiple wounds on Governor John Connally).
This is how his 1944 Silver Star citation recounts his bravery: "On 16 November, while proceeding towards the front at night, Sergeant Rhodes's motorized patrol was advanced upon near a village by a lone enemy soldier.
