lonely

Example Sentences

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Inside Safe providers acknowledged that motel rooms can be a huge adjustment, leaving people feeling lonely and isolated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

The stories are set predominately in a middle America of big skies and lonely highways—terrain Thompson calls “the concrete pasture.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Jenny Norton, head of BBC News Russian, says with cuts to US foreign broadcast networks and independent Russian outlets struggling for funding, the BBC's service is becoming an increasingly lonely but vital voice.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Far away, he heard the lonely howl of Tall Tailless.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver