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UK
/lˈəʊn/
]
[ US /ˈɫoʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈɫoʊn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characterized by or preferring solitude
a lonely existence
a lone wolf
a man of a solitary disposition
a solitary walk -
being the only one; single and isolated from others
an only child
the sole example
a solitary speck in the sky
a lonesome pine
the lone doctor in the entire county
a solitary instance of cowardice
the sole heir -
lacking companions or companionship
a lonely soul
the lone skier on the mountain
a solitary traveler
a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
he was alone when we met him
she is alone much of the time
How To Use lone In A Sentence
- I'm just a little bit caught in the middle. Life is a maze and love is a riddle, I don't know where to go, can't do it alone.
- It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
- Several events of fulminating epidemic disease broke out since 1999, which often caused 100% mortality of abalone Haliotis drversicotor aquatilis farmed in Fujian and Guangdong coasts.
- ; Cohn, D.H.: Luciferase genes cloned from the unculturable luminous bacteroid symbiont of the Caribbean flashlight fish, Kryptopha - naron alfredi. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
- She distinguished the undrawing of iron bars, and then the countenance of Spalatro at her door, before she had a clear remembrance of her situation — that she was a prisoner in a house on a lonely shore, and that this man was her jailor. The Italian
- He could not shoulder the burden alone.
- I feel unwanted feel like leaving spreading lies can't help but feel lonelily you've damned me to hell once twice and again you're supposed to be my parents not just another person that hates me dead - alive Godhatesu Diary Entry
- Ronald Martin retired from the United States Air Force Reserve as a Lt. Colonel. Mastin, Ronald L.
- The cancer subgroup, even those with very early tumours, had significantly lower cholesterol values than the group with polyps alone.
- These are all lonely, arguably damaged people, and once you get past the silliness it's all rather crushingly sad. TV highlights 10/08/201: Timothy Spall: Back At Sea | The Sopranos | Who Do You Think You Are? | 24 Hours in A&E | Forbidden Love
