left alone

Example Sentences

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Don’t converts have the right to be left alone by the government?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

We are left alone, but we aren’t lonely.

From Salon • May 9, 2026

But on Dec. 12, he was left alone by the pools at Lincoln Elementary School in Ontario without any flotation devices, according to the complaint filed in San Bernardino County Superior Court on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

However, Neville accepts that a portfolio with a 10-year time horizon can’t just be left alone — and that, because “a theme’s unfolding is rarely linear, we should at least consider adjustments.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026

The men trudged on, laughing, and we were left alone with Mom.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam