How to Use loner in a Sentence

loner

noun
  • Cups made to look like coconut shells are for the loners like me.
    Kayla O'Brien, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Futrell said Waddell was a loner but did not know of any problems between the two.
    David Harris, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • But a dozen gray whales along the coast of Washington state are showing that even loners can get social.
    Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Metal appeals to misfits and loners who run in packs, some of whom wouldn't miss the chance to dress like a demented airline attendant.
    Jeffrey Lee Puckett, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Both prosecutors and defense attorneys described both Julien and the teen as shy and loners.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • For decades, the cougar (Puma concolor) has been thought of as a loner predator, running across other members of its species only to mate or to fight.
    Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Aysha Bagchi: The image that has been emerging, investigation is ongoing, is the portrait of a young man that was kind of a loner.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024
  • And these depictions are still deeply mired in tired tropes that sends a message: This is what computer scientists are like: Unattractive, sloppy male loners.
    Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The 51 year old who's known for being a bit of a loner.
    Fox News, 6 July 2018
  • This isn't the good player who's the loner who doesn't act right.
    Creg Stephenson, AL.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • No one wants to have the creepy loner guy approach them.
    Love Letters.com, 16 Jan. 2020
  • In the last episode of the season, loner Tyler (Devin Druid) is sodomized with a mop.
    Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 22 May 2018
  • While a lot of little fish can be found in the same hole or run, big fish tend to be loners.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 7 Mar. 2024
  • But loner runs like that are easy for Brazil to handle.
    Andrew Keh, New York Times, 4 July 2018
  • At this point in the story, Max is living far away, and Chloe is a loner.
    Scott Meslow, GQ, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Druig is aloof and a bit of a loner, but in real life, Keoghan quickly hit it off with his costars.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2021
  • It’s not the armed loner or militia team that survives.
    Adam Nemett, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2021
  • In Prine’s world, even the shaggiest of loners and losers can be redeemed.
    Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 6 July 2018
  • One thing that shows up in several of the movies Kennedy watched is the tale of the rebellious loner who’s ready to take on the whole world.
    Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The trail of clues eventually takes them to a strange loner (Jared Leto).
    Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2021
  • Players take on the role of Ash, a young loner who spends his time drawing in his notebook.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 30 July 2019
  • At school, classmates knew Cruz as a loner who talked mostly about his love of weapons.
    Nicholas Nehamas, Joey Flechas, Jay Weaver and David Ovalle, miamiherald, 15 Feb. 2018
  • From the top, the camera follows the lead -- a loner in a hotel room who turns to tablets and booze to try correct his nasty paranoia.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2020
  • But there are also loners, sunners (wings open), fliers, grounders (alive on the ground) and dead monarchs.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The common view that domestic cats are aloof loners couldn’t be further from the truth.
    Jonathan Losos, Discover Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Your love light might be switched on by the misunderstood-loner type.
    Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Financial adviser Matthew comes off as a rude loner in both the pods and the men’s quarters.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
  • These heroes were all loners, strong and mostly silent.
    Alessandra Stanley, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Brynn’s a loner, living in a house that looks like it was decorated by a 12-year-old girl.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023
  • One lady remembers Clark as a loner, crying in his room while the others ignored him.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2024

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