alone
Example Sentences
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"I think that's what did it," he says laughing, adding that he tells all his grandchildren to stop practising music alone and to get together and join a band.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Mr. Tirola takes us back to Bernstein’s New England childhood, his father a “tyrant” who had emigrated, alone, from a Russian ghetto and found success in the hair and wig business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Growing up in Chicago, he says his earliest memory was being three years old, his parents having just divorced, and wandering out of bed to find his mother alone watching “Yellow Submarine.”
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
The column contends that while Becerra possesses impressive credentials and accomplishments, voters select leaders based on personality and emotional energy rather than demonstrated competence alone.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Nobody was more shocked than I was by how far this dare was going, and now it was me alone arriving after midnight to walk to the Hotel Piedmont.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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