How to Use lone in a Sentence

lone

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  • Pulisic's goal was the lone score of the game, propelling the U.S. to the Round of 16.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Shea Theodore scored the lone goal of the game for Vegas.
    George Richards, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Lewis and Neely combined for the lone takeaway of the day.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Two lone braids were left out of the bun, and their curly ends trailed all the way down to her hips.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Canada's lone win came in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics.
    CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Jullie Cooke scored the lone goal off a corner kick in the first half.
    al, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In the end, Adebayo is the one who was selected by the coaches as the Heat’s lone All-Star.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Tim Hudson owns the most strikeouts (29) and the lone shutout by an A’s pitcher.
    Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Shelton was the lone coach who didn’t turn his chair around for Fallon.
    USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
  • Rogers had two hits, Greene picked up one hit, and Matt Vierling drew the lone walk to start the fifth inning.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 22 Apr. 2023
  • As for the game’s lone goal, there was little Souvanaphong could do.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The lone season at Pitt did wonders for his draft stock.
    Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
  • With Hurts still hindered, Scott stepped up and scored the Eagles' lone touchdown of the game.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The first shot sees the duo shrouded in darkness, with a lone beam of light forming a heart shape around them.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Anguiano sleeps on the lone bed; Santana throws a mattress on the floor at night and sleeps next to him.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Stephenson was the lone exception with a two-out walk in the fourth inning.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 11 May 2023
  • Two of those came in Game 4, Florida’s lone loss of the series.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2024
  • The lone loss came back in Week 9 of last year, in a game where the Bills QB suffered an elbow injury.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Why did the Scandinavians see it as a lone Viking [film], and so on.
    EW.com, 1 May 2024
  • The lone run Kremer allowed was a solo homer to Lenyn Sosa in the third inning.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Perez supplied the lone offense against Dodgers starter Gavin Stone.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2024
  • The Beavers are 4-1 since Beers’ return, the lone loss coming to Stanford in the Pac-12 tournament.
    Jeff Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Mason McTavish scored the lone goal for the Ducks, who lost their third straight and fourth in five games this season.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The South Carolinian’s lone win of the season came against Dayton on April 4.
    Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2023
  • This was the lone charge against 21 of those arrested on Monday night.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 May 2024
  • Genco allowed three hits and the Friars’ lone run in the bottom of the first and then surrendered just two hits the rest of the way.
    Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2023
  • The Cardinals lone touchdown was scored by the defense.
    Emily Horos, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Maton was the lone arm of the bunch to be charged with a run as Ryan Jeffers drove in Buxton on a fielder’s choice in the top of the eighth.
    James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
  • Councilmember Larry Agran was the lone naysayer in Tuesday’s vote.
    Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Finally, a lone koala was spotted roaming around a train platform in Sydney.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024

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