loner

Example Sentences

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What if the destruction of your planet left you with a permanent case of agonized alienation, and you became a weird, antisocial loner who hung out in bars drinking alone?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

No one does anything alone, but this reader describes himself as a loner, and one reason he’s sitting on a big nest egg is because he started early.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Opalite is a surreal 1980s-inspired video which tells the story of a lonely woman who uses a magical spray to improve her life and find romance with a fellow loner - played by Gleeson.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

That same year, Altman also gave him the title role in his “Brewster McCloud,” an eccentric fable about a Houston loner determined to build a pair of wings and take flight.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

I was definitely an outsider, not a geek but a loner by choice.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin