lonely
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Dogs in art, Mr. Laqueur suggests, “bring their world into ours, which is perhaps how they make us feel less lonely as a species.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
In one article, the Daily Mail's Royal Editor wrote in 2013 that Prince Harry faced a lonely New Year's Eve without his girlfriend Cressida Bonas.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
“He’s been so lonely since his career died.”
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Now 15, she has carried on a lonely legal fight to compete on her school’s track team in Bridgeport, W. Va.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
After visiting hours it was lonely in the hospital room.
From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr
In research published in the journal Science this month, she and Natalia Emanuel and Amanda Pallais presented evidence that remote work has made Americans lonelier and more mentally distressed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
And yet, we are also lonelier than ever, especially younger generations who are even more likely to be on their digital devices for longer periods of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
That stance is getting lonelier as hard- drive stocks continue their ascent.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
“People are lonelier now. Our generation is lonelier.”
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2024
Nothing is lonelier or more disorienting than insomnia.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
“I mean, sometimes the loneliest place for someone like that is in a crowded room,” Rausch observes in recognizing the sensitivity of a fellow introvert.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
Another, “Altars,” is a tame and ultimately bland song by Ms. Aitchison’s high standards, with a chorus—“One is not the loneliest number”—that draws on a pop cliché without interrogating or transforming it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
The sheep once described as the loneliest in Britain has given birth for the first time.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
“I mean, sometimes the loneliest place for someone like that is in a crowded room.”
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
And I forget the ancestral graves I have left on a hillside of a faraway land, the loneliest stones that each year go unblessed.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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