friendless

Example Sentences

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When she first meets Kimiko, Hana is a shy, friendless teenager living in a run-down apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“Lonely, friendless, despised at his office, estranged from his family, alienated even from his God,” is how Paula Hill, his ex-wife, described Miller in a memoir.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

From the time she was a little girl, she was marked by her empathy, befriending the friendless and comforting the crying.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Are you friendless, or did you just send a Facebook invite to people who never check Facebook?

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

The whole long, partyless, presentless, friendless, cardless birthday loomed before her.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood