Examples of 'were singled' in a sentence

Meaning of "were singled"

were singled: This phrase describes a situation where individuals or objects were specifically chosen or identified from a larger group. It implies that they were selected or isolated based on certain criteria or characteristics

How to use "were singled" in a sentence

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were singled
Jews alone were singled out for extermination.
Two other area professionals were singled out.
Some men were singled out and summarily shot.
I think that they were singled out.
But they were singled out for specific prohibition.
I do not know why we were singled out.
Four of them were singled out for special recognition.
Explained why certain disadvantaged groups were singled out.
Dalit women were singled out in attacks and were frequently raped.
Do not feel you were singled out.
We were singled out as the ringleaders.
Historians and archaeologists were singled out for annihilation.
You were singled out to perform particularly unpleasant or degrading tasks.
Many of the children were singled out for these experiments.
Clones capable of reacting with the probe were singled out.

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Three other people were singled out for special praise.
Other kids in your unit said you were singled out.
Jews were singled out and killed because of their ethnicity.
Eight factors were singled out.
They were singled out as being special and superior.
Certain portions of the film were singled out for praise.
Black people were singled out for legally sanctioned discriminatory treatment.
Two technical aspects of the episode were singled out for praise.
A number of areas were singled out in which closer cooperation should be explored.
The consequences of the financial crisis on women were singled out as a major concern.
A number of areas were singled out inwhich closer cooperation should be explored.
Investment in education and innovative educational approaches were singled out as crucial in overcoming poverty.
We were singled out.
Phage clones comprising a cDNA insertion were singled out in three screening cycles.
Minorities were singled out for arbitrary restrictions on freedoms of expression and association.
Many improvement targets were singled out during the study.
They were singled out for valor at the Battle of Monmouth.
He also mentioned this was not the first time you were singled out by your classmates.
Both women were singled out for their practice of prayer and fasting.
Some specific technical points relating to each issue were singled out for particular attention.
Education and health were singled out as areas to which particular attention should be devoted.
Legal oponents of President Bill Clinton were singled out for tax audits.
A number of areas were singled out by the Summit as requiring further work.
Even as left-wing sympathisers we were singled out.
You do not feel you were singled out because of your sex.
I mean, there is got to be a reason they were singled out.
Jews and intellectuals were singled out for humiliation and brutal treatment.
There was no mention of certain countries, while others were singled out.
The stable driving characteristics and suspension were singled out especially for improving the driveability.
The Waldenses were singled out for persecution because of their preaching from the Scriptures.
The representatives of the Republic were singled out for attack and murder.
Jews were singled out and many people opposed Jewish inclusion in Uruguayan society.
Three Blacks were singled out to be.
The policies on transport, agriculture and fisheries were singled out.
Last year three children were singled out for mutilation through gunshot wounds to the legs.

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No country should be singled out for chastisement
He singled you out on the first day
I have even been singled out a few times
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