lost soul
Example Sentences
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“They look like something out of a Cervantes novel…they have this lost soul thing.”
He was described in court as a "lost soul" and an "eccentric fantasist" who believed he could manage Arsenal football club or even England.
From BBC
He was rescued by Louise Wilson, of Conservation K9 Consultancy in Wrexham, at eight months old when he was a "lost soul" struggling to find a home.
From BBC
But her heart isn’t in her work and for reasons we never buy, she takes pity on Doyle, recognizing in him a “lost soul.”
From Los Angeles Times
But then you hear sirens wailing, horns honking angrily or a lost soul on the street yelling profanities to no one in particular, and you’re jolted for a second back to reality.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.