Below you will find example sentences with "left alone". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Left Alone in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: alone
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.1 words

Words in this phrase

left alone

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • left can mean: Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most hum... Common word
  • alone can mean: By oneself, solitary. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 8 start, 5 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

about being left alone inside the 1× and he left alone 1× and was left alone in front 1× any time left alone will need 1× children were left alone longer 1× have been left alone at the 1× he s left alone with even 1× he was left alone and believing 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a pup from 1× all live bats 1× although otto wants 1× an armed offenders 1× any time left 1× as long as 1×

Common sentence endings:

be left alone 3× ambulance crew left 1× be helpful there 1× community bat program 1× eliot reputedly said 1× for the hospital 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

want 4× told 3× keep 3× wants 2× too 2× frank 2× lenny 2× boys 2× hospital 2× inside 2× minutes 2× midnight 2×

Related phrases

left tackle left wing let alone seconds left left arm left hand left leg left foot bottom left left behind

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around alone:

let alone 20× home alone 8× living alone 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

lee county led lights led lighting lebron james leaving cert leaves behind

Just after it in the phrase index:

left arm left behind left corner left foot left guard left hand

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

left tackle left wing left arm left hand left leg left foot

Same ending:

let alone home alone living alone

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "left alone" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 27.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as about being left alone inside the, and he left alone, want, told and keep stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with left tackle, left wing, let alone, let alone, home alone and living alone, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with left alone

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Cardoza must assess if the woman can safely be left alone. (11 words)

I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone. (13 words)

Although Otto wants to be left alone, his neighbors keep knocking on his door. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

He said he left alone sometime after midnight but before 4 a.m. However, when the deputy told him it was now 6 a.m., Metz recanted and said he had left the party more recently and not between midnight and 4 a.m., according to the narrative. (48 words)

An Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) member also told the coroners court victims were left alone in the mosque for 10 minutes while officers stood guard outside, because they believed the threat of a further attack was too great to remain inside and help. (43 words)

So, does he wants to be left the hell alone but doesn’t want to be absolutely protected in his own safe place, or does he want to be left alone but is open to offending people offering different opinions? (40 words)

Question examples

So, does he wants to be left the hell alone but doesn’t want to be absolutely protected in his own safe place, or does he want to be left alone but is open to offending people offering different opinions? (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

So, does he wants to be left the hell alone but doesn’t want to be absolutely protected in his own safe place, or does he want to be left alone but is open to offending people offering different opinions?

The king’s youngest son was On his father’s biggest day, Prince Harry arrived at Westminster Abbey alone and he left alone.

I don’t want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

Stack will not be left alone, but he alone will write the script of this second act. "It's never too late to be what you might have been," as the writer George Eliot reputedly said.

Frank feels he isn’t blind when it comes to Lenny as Lenny says he was close to the family as well as Frank and it was tough when Susan was left alone to raise the boys alone.

He was left alone, and, believing that no one was helping him, he left the hospital.

A pup from Germany has left the internet in stitches after his owners caught him on camera complaining about being left alone inside the car during their recent trip to Sweden.

If he’s left alone with even a little bit in space, he can burn you by running left or right around the edge, but he can do the same thing when turning upfield.

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She was left alone coping with the loss of a loved one and we could only stay in our homes and listen to her cries when the ambulance crew left.

Briceno told investigators she left the boys for about five minutes, but deputies believe the children were left alone longer.

During the month of November last year, the victim was left alone at home when the mother left for the hospital.

He said he left alone sometime after midnight but before 4 a.m. However, when the deputy told him it was now 6 a.m., Metz recanted and said he had left the party more recently and not between midnight and 4 a.m., according to the narrative.

All live bats should be left alone — keep your distance, snap a photo and report it to the Kootenay Community Bat Program.

Although Otto wants to be left alone, his neighbors keep knocking on his door.

An Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) member also told the coroners court victims were left alone in the mosque for 10 minutes while officers stood guard outside, because they believed the threat of a further attack was too great to remain inside and help.

Any time left alone will need to be built up gradually leaving him with lots to do to keep him busy.

As long as they do not break the law, they should be left alone.

But when Chelsea regained the ball, Fernandez curled a fine ball into the box, Felix peeled away from his marker and was left alone in front of goal.

Cardoza must assess if the woman can safely be left alone.

China may have been left alone at the G20, but it should be shown that the gains it has made by brokering the Saudi-Iran peace deal are still very much there, and that Pakistan can be helpful there.

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