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Examples of lone in a Sentence
the lone ripe apple in the entire bag
just one lone cow in the middle of the field
Recent Examples of lone from the Web
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Forty-nine people were killed June 12, 2016, at the gay nightclub in Orlando by a lone gunman armed with high-capacity, quick-load firearms.
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Cincinnati's all-time record against MLS opposition in the Open Cup is 1-1-2, with the lone, non-PK loss coming in the 2017 semifinal against New York Red Bulls.
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For the record, Carter averaged 13.5 points and 9.1 rebounds to Bagley’s 21 points and 11.1 rebounds in their lone shared season with the Blue Devils.
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Police have released few details of the tragedy, which was Australia's worst mass shooting since a lone gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania state in 1996, prompting the nation to introduce tough gun controls.
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Philip Alpers, a Sydney University gun policy analyst, said the tragedy appeared to be the worst mass shooting in Australia since a lone gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania state in 1996, prompting the nation to introduce tough gun controls.
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Philip Alpers, a Sydney University gun policy analyst, said the tragedy appeared to be the worst mass shooting in Australia since a lone gunman killed 35 people in Tasmania state in 1996, prompting the nation to introduce tough gun controls.
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Patterson Mill, which had base runners the first two innings, courtesy of Aberdeen errors, picked up its lone hit in the bottom of the fifth.
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Brown is the lone McDonald's All-American in the class, a 7-foot-2 shot blocker who will help offset the loss of 7-footer Thomas Welsh.
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Origin and Etymology of lone
Middle English, short for alone
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
See Words from the same yearlone Synonyms
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
attended, chaperoned, escorted;
adjacent, adjoining, communicating, contiguous, neighboring, next-door;
Related Words
cloistered, disassociated, hermetic (also hermetical), insulated, isolate, isolated, remote, retired, secluded, withdrawn;
quarantined, segregated, separated, sequestered;
separate, unattached, unconnected, unlinked;
detached, disconnected, disjointed, dissociated, disunited, divided;
abandoned, adrift, deserted, desolate, forgotten, forsaken, lorn, neglected;
Phrases
on one's own;
Synonym Discussion of lone
alone, solitary, lonely, lonesome, lone, forlorn, desolate mean isolated from others. alone stresses the objective fact of being by oneself with slighter notion of emotional involvement than most of the remaining terms.
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- everyone needs to be alone sometimes
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- glorying in the calm of her solitary life
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- left solitary by the death of his wife
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- felt lonely and forsaken
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- an only child often leads a lonesome life
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- a lone robin pecking at the lawn
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- a forlorn lost child
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- desolate after her brother's death
LONE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lone for English Language Learners
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: standing, acting, or being alone
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: not having a partner (such as a husband or wife)
LONE Defined for Kids
adjective
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ˈlōn
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Definition of lone for Students
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: having no companion
- a lone traveler
2
: situated by itself
- a lone outpost
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