lone
Example Sentences
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At the end of class, Oduro saw a lone figure dressed in black and wearing a ski mask enter the lecture hall from a door at the top left.
Murmurations of birds swirl above rugged plains, landscapes shift into geometric compositions, and uncanny juxtapositions—a shirt dangling from a tree as a lone bird swoops by—lend seemingly simple pictures eerie characteristics.
If such a feat is actually accomplished, it will be thanks to collective, nonviolent power and solidarity — not a lone man with a gun.
From Salon
That pain could linger, but there’s a lone bright spot for the industry: Hybrid sales are surging.
From MarketWatch
The Atlantic story and other accounts of Kennedy make it clear he views himself as the lone hero of a great battle, a Beowulf intending to slay a dragon of dogma and lies.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
