lone
Example Sentences
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Retired lorry driver Stephen Doughty, flew into parking rage when he feared he would get a ticket from the lone warden in a market town.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
Ohtani, who won most valuable player awards in four of the last five seasons, is the lone two-way player.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
The lone drag was energy, as crude prices tumble 18% to the $93 a barrel range as traders price in more secure global supply, pulling Canadian oil stocks sharply lower.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Many of the AI country tunes tap into the genre's archetype of the lone cowboy: a rugged, taciturn, plain-spoken man who, above all, refuses to apologize for simply existing.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Letting go of Mamá, I turned toward the source of the footsteps to see the figure of a lone man standing at the threshold of the kitchen door.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing lone
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