He alone holds mastery over life and death, they say.

Are you alone on the board as someone holding these views about global warming?

The state alone held the power to police the program, but its efforts have been criticized as weak.

That alone held me upright and saw me out the door.

God alone held its scales, and no man knew how He would administer it in the life that was to come.

Young tried diligently to persuade the people that he alone held the rights to lead the Church.

That alone held the monk at the table long after the sun had set.

He held up four people at two cash machines last Tuesday alone, they said.

That sound alone held me poised with one foot forward for fully a minute.

According to one witness, Belene alone held 7,000 in 1952.