How to Use lonely in a Sentence

lonely

adjective
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  • She was a lonely child with few friends.
  • She spent too many lonely nights at home.
  • It was lonely living out in the country.
  • She had a lonely childhood.
  • He was lonely without his wife and children.
  • The hopes and fears of the blessed and the lonely, the vital and the frail.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The journey to your goals does not have to be a lonely one.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Our team always jokes, that’s the loneliest night of the week, right?
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Utah, Alaska, and Hawaii rolled in as the least lonely states.
    — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • But the videos don’t always show how lonely the job can be.
    — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
  • And now you two are engaged in a silent and lonely battle.
    — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
  • Their trip through the lonely Granger Prairie would be Christine's last ride.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
  • Did no one want to spend time with someone who might be sad and lonely?
    — Annabel Abbs-Streets, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • Two lonely and self-loathing strangers are seated in the tavern on a snowy evening.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
  • But her time in the oil sands was lonely, and the men harassed her constantly.
    — WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
  • But the church can be a difficult and lonely place for many, and their stories are painful to hear.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The first film follows a lonely 12-year-old boy who has a big crush on his babysitter.
    — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Everybody doesn’t have that here—and this is a lonely space.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Shawn isn't so much lonely as he is used to being alone, a fact that makes his ups and downs with Matt all the more poignant.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2022
  • Local Bedouin contacts led him to the lonely palm tree.
    — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Here’s a great piece from this week: James Dean made his last stop at this lonely gas station.
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Those two lonely employees in the empty store might be glad to hear that.
    — Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023
  • That and nobody having the forethought to put a bored, lonely, nothing-to-do Tom Brady in a spot.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The loneliest time taught me that growth comes from being planted in darkness.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 28 July 2023
  • The case of the week was the apparent suicide of a lonely accountant named Fred.
    — Mandi Bierly, TVLine, 4 Aug. 2024
  • At home, Saoirse grew up into a lonely and troubled teen.
    — Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Dec. 2022
  • After laying the wreath, Biden saluted and then made the sign of the cross as a bugler played taps, the lonely call floating in the late-spring air.
    — ABC News, 30 May 2022
  • Get ready for one lonely human to meet their soulmate . . .
    — Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Neeson’s lonely old violent henchman drinks cheap booze on the rocks around the clock.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • There’s evidence that younger men today are more prone to be lonely, single and less well educated.
    — Rob Wile, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024

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