How to Use lonely in a Sentence

lonely

adjective

• 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
• Horizon Worlds can be a lonely place on the best of days, but there are signs of life on election night as the population ebbs and flows.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 6 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

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024