lonely

Example Sentences

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As a child, Semple was lonely, teased and bullied.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“There was a privet hedge, a lonely juniper, a hibiscus, a large bird of paradise and a camellia bush,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

On a deeper level, Slayyyter’s “Worst Girl in America” is the lonely girl from a small Midwestern town, one who she says craved a healthy relationship with her father— and a way out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Coming back from brain trauma can be a lonely journey and finding books for my wife became a way that I could walk beside her on the road to recovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

As far as he really knew, he himself was the only, lonely, living thing that existed, and in his coma of coldness, he was not so sure of that.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig