Examples of lone wolf in a Sentence
He had the reputation of being a lone wolf in high school.
a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself
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But conflicts overseas and incidents sparked by domestic extremists, along with a threat assessment from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies warning about lone wolf attacks, have raised the threat level.
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Mark Morales, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
And, of course, now there's concerns that extremists, infuriated by the U.S. attack on a Muslim country, might launch lone wolf attacks on their own.
—ABC News, 22 June 2025
The tenacity of the lone wolf myth has several sources.
—Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
The classic stereotype, albeit not always accurate, is of the lone wolf with a basement full of Spam, a wall full of guns, and a mind full of conspiracy theories.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
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Mark Morales, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
And, of course, now there's concerns that extremists, infuriated by the U.S. attack on a Muslim country, might launch lone wolf attacks on their own.
—ABC News, 22 June 2025
The tenacity of the lone wolf myth has several sources.
—Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 17 June 2025
The classic stereotype, albeit not always accurate, is of the lone wolf with a basement full of Spam, a wall full of guns, and a mind full of conspiracy theories.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for lone wolf
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“Lone wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lone%20wolf. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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