lonesome

Example Sentences

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One such scene in the premiere smash cuts between a lonesome Chris sulking by himself at home.

From Salon • Aug. 21, 2025

On one particular evening, days before Sam’s birthday — a date that looms large in the life of this lonesome duo — Amelia reads from a book she’s never seen before on the shelf.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024

Skinny is lonesome and confused until six Junior Club cartoonists — including Hardie Gramatky, who went on to become a watercolorist admired by Andrew Wyeth — walk into the frame and heartily welcome the boy.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Michele Castañeda-Martinez’s job as a division administrator for the county’s Department of Public Health includes ensuring a proper cremation and interment of the ashes of people who die such lonesome deaths.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

And Sounder too, settin’ on his haunches, would speak to the moon in ghost-stirrin’ tones of lonesome dog-talk.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong