for once
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.52 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep_phrase
For the first time, after many instances to the contrary; in a rare exception to the rule; as an exception to the usual.
Example Sentences
- "The invitation for the next evening was accepted, and Cecilia, for once, felt no repugnance to joining the company."
- "For once I would have taken him up upon his insulting wager."
- "Sell her her waste, please, and give her good measure if you can make up your mind to do the liberal thing for once."
- "In France, in Germany, in Austro-Hungary, in Italy, in the United States, writers of all shades of opinion, for once unanimous, have paid a willing tribute to the worth of our great countryman, ignored in life by the official representatives of the kingdom, but laid in death among his peers in Westminster Abbey by the will of the intelligence of the nation."
- "For once in her life she was surprised out of her reserve; she caught her girl in her arms and crushed her and her flowers against her heart, kissing the bright hair and sweet face warmly."
- "For once in my life, I have someone who needs me / Someone I've needed so long / For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me / Somehow, I know I'll be strong"