On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Lonely. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as solitary or lone and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Lonely meaning
- Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.
- Unfrequented by people; desolate.
- Without companions; solitary.
Synonyms of Lonely
Using Lonely
- The main meaning on this page is: Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people. | Unfrequented by people; desolate. | Without companions; solitary.
- Useful related words include: solitary, lone, unaccessible, inaccessible.
- In the example corpus, lonely often appears in combinations such as: lonely and, and lonely, the lonely.
Context around Lonely
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lonely
- In this selection, "lonely" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, felt, became, considered, old, people and dragon stand out and add context to how "lonely" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lonely daydreamer searches and a lonely orca named. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lonely" sits close to words such as accessing, advent and conditioning, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lonely
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Both characters are not lonely because they’re gay. (9 words)
And I said the person that told me this thought he was kind of lonely. (15 words)
Being the mum to a severely disabled child is, at times, extremely lonely and scary. (15 words)
Internet usage has been correlated to users' loneliness. citation Lonely people tend to use the Internet as an outlet for their feelings and to share their stories with others, such as in the " I am lonely will anyone speak to me " thread. (42 words)
At this point, you have to decide what makes you more uncomfortable: Having this child at your home under less-than-ideal circumstances and potentially being taken advantage of, or turning away a lonely and potentially neglected child again and again. (41 words)
But Rita — who counts Scots DJ Calvin Harris, Blink-182 drummer and American rapper as former flames — now tells The Sun how she was “lonely and had given up on love” before falling for New Zealand-born Taika. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
And no one is as pitiful as a lonely old person who is lonely because they chose not to have a family because of what others expected of them.
Billie never felt lonely as a child, even when she would be mopping floors or living the life of a prostitute, but at the culmination of her career she became lonely.
According to a new survey by Cigna, the loneliness epidemic in the US is so serious that most Americans are considered lonely, with generation Z and millennial Americans being most lonely.
Internet usage has been correlated to users' loneliness. citation Lonely people tend to use the Internet as an outlet for their feelings and to share their stories with others, such as in the " I am lonely will anyone speak to me " thread.
A Kino Lorber release of a West End Films, Lone Star, T.S. Eliot Foundation production, in association with Amoeba Film, Lonely Dragon, The Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Royal & Derngate Northampton Films.
A lonely daydreamer () searches for a woman in his fantasies (), and he discovers that she may be real.
A lonely orca named Luna who got separated from his family 20 years ago also damaged boatsbusinessinsider.
Already wrapped, the project is led by newcomers Dario Yazebek Bernal (“The House of the Flowers”) and Jack Irv (“Giants Being Lonely”).
An adventurer just took a lonely walk through what is left of these towns that have been lost in a distant past.
And as Harry’s fame fades away, Tom feels that the prince will increasingly cut a sad and lonely figure.
And I said the person that told me this thought he was kind of lonely.
A quest for the top can be a lonely and empty one, as Endeavor learned the hard way.
A recent study on stressed, lonely, and over-committed lawyers revealed that they can be predictors of suicide risk for our profession — not good news, but not surprising.
A silent worker at the University of Maiduguri, doing excellent teaching and research, is being undermined by loudmouths on social media who tell us when they cough from their lonely spaces in London.
At this point, you have to decide what makes you more uncomfortable: Having this child at your home under less-than-ideal circumstances and potentially being taken advantage of, or turning away a lonely and potentially neglected child again and again.
Being the mum to a severely disabled child is, at times, extremely lonely and scary.
Both characters are dealing with own different issues and both are ultimately living lonely, insulated lives in a busy city.
Both characters are not lonely because they’re gay.
But Rita — who counts Scots DJ Calvin Harris, Blink-182 drummer and American rapper as former flames — now tells The Sun how she was “lonely and had given up on love” before falling for New Zealand-born Taika.
But somehow social media, which was touted as an engine of connectivity, has left us disconnected and often lonely, not to mention combative.
Common combinations with lonely
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lonely and 28×
- and lonely 18×
- the lonely 14×
- be lonely 11×
- feeling lonely 10×
- is lonely 7×
- lonely people 6×
- or lonely 6×
- was lonely 5×
- lonely or 5×