lonely

Example Sentences

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Alas, Clare was forced to face the harrowing reality: Just as in his short, lonely life, he was unworthy of affection.

From Literature

“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

"Younger generations especially but people as a whole are feeling more lonely," he says.

From BBC

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

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