lonesome
Example Sentences
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This presents Fed Chair Kevin Warsh with a rather inconvenient truth—if he is still advocating for rate cuts, as in his Senate testimony last month, he may be a lonesome dove.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
It sets her apart, firmly in the lonesome realm of eternal geekdom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Only this time, he was all by his lonesome.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
One such scene in the premiere smash cuts between a lonesome Chris sulking by himself at home.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2025
But Lissa was sitting on the lion bench, her head down, looking as lonesome as I felt.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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