How to Use one-on-one in a Sentence

one-on-one

adjective or adverb
  • Still, Jenn gave Sam a rose at the end of their one-on-one date.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Your job is not to sit there and engage and have a one-on-one.
    Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Kobe Bufkin is one of the toughest one-on-one covers in the league.
    Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The first woman to get a second one-on-one date is… Kaity!
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The next morning, Jenn summons Jonathan for a one-on-one.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
  • This week begins with this next round of one-on-one dates for each of the farmers.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2024
  • The moon’s alignment with Venus is perfect for one-on-one catchups.
    USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Anyone can sign up for the one-on-one time, but only twice a month.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The mother of four rounded out the week with a one-on-one cooking date with Guy.
    Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Both are known as doubles games, though both can be played one-on-one.
    Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • The two would get up at 3 a.m. every morning and would have one-on-one Bible study.
    Nicole S. Daniel | The Birmingham Times, al, 31 May 2023
  • So there will be moments where Bosa is lined up one-on-one with Sewell.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Guarding the ball on the wing 45-degree angle one-on-one.
    Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Dan’s ribbon-twirling act won him the top prize: a one-on-one dinner date with Joan.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The next day, everybody stays in Auckland, and when the date card arrives, Jonathon earns the first one-on-one of the week.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024
  • In that poll, Trump led DeSantis by a 57% to 31% margin in a one-on-one race.
    Steven Lemongello, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2023
  • In the 37th minute, the striker beat her defender one-on-one, but her shot sailed over the crossbar.
    Sapna Bansil, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
  • Secondly, the blockers have to win one-on-one matchups.
    Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Crone saw the profound impact that one-on-one work has had on his clients and saw the need to scale his wisdom.
    Brook Choulet, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Pull out the cards and the board games for a game night, either with other couples or one-on-one with your date.
    Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
  • There was way too much one-on-one play from Devin Booker and Kevin Durant.
    The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Ohtani and Mizuhara spoke one-on-one shortly thereafter at the team hotel.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The Cry Macho actor even had a one-on-one chat with Goodall herself.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Some students were also pulled aside for one-on-one help.
    Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • For its Paris debut, there will be two one-on-one battles events.
    The Indianapolis Star, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Thursday was one-on-one therapy for an hour at the IOP.
    Neil Jamieson, Men's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The one-on-one date was given to Marcus and he and Jenn went skydiving.
    Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 22 July 2024
  • When matched up with Davis one-on-one Tuesday, both Looney and Green looked overwhelmed at times.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2023
  • If your problem is with your boss, document it and bring it up in your next one-on-one, Kleiman said.
    Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
  • He’s got extremely quick hands that give him legitimate one-on-one skill and regularly flashes in dangling sequences inside the offensive zone.
    Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025

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