Examples of 'did only' in a sentence

Meaning of "did only"

The phrase 'did only' is used to emphasize the limited extent or degree of an action or accomplishment. It suggests that the action or accomplishment was restricted to a specific scope or was done to a minimal extent

How to use "did only" in a sentence

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You did only what you thought honorable.
The second group did only meditation.
I did only what was within my rights to take it back.
When they finally did only then he was shocked.
We did only one or two takes per song.
Jesus talked as he did only because he loved men.
It did only insofar as more agricultural possibilities were obtained.
Everything he did only made things worse.
I did only the least that anyone would have.
For what you did only a few years ago.
I did only what a chief minister ought to do.
And you did only one.
We did only visit during the day.
Calculators were inexpensive and did only elementary numerical computations.
She did only four segments on the war.

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There would be real mannequins who did only catwalks.
Nabil did only let me drink club soda.
Even attending church was something he did only to please his mother.
Perhaps she did only work in a cigarette shop.
You were always our faithful slave and did only good deeds.
The poaching did only start after he turned up.
Next write down all the things you did only temporarily.
But we did only leave the pieces.
Studies performed on twins found that rarely did only one twin have an addiction.
They did only one order for me.
My going there right after you did only made him more furious.
Mary did only what she had to do.
ZooL had a brief career and did only release one album.
You did only marry me for my money.
Going there after you did only made him more furious.
He did only one stupid thing in his life.
It used to be they did only one job and came back.
I did only what you asked me to do.
For the storyteller did only care about his own boredom.
It did only take a few lines of code to get it integrated.
There was an old woman who did only one good deed in her life.
She did only the right things.
The shell killed one seaman but did only superficial damage to the ship.
If it did only educated people would be saved.
Michael Milken did what he did only to make money for himself.
I did only see him once live.
I realize that you did what you did only out of love for Tabatha.
They did only what they had to do.
Because they think Xiao is the kind of person who did only the bad things.
Maybe you did only have two drinks.
A minimum of two consecutive rotations with the Booster Club and you did only one.
What he just did only happens in novels.
Did only light stretches during that time.
Hat he just did only happens in novels.
Did only to amaze the survivors … and irritate the insurance company.

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