How to Use alone in a Sentence

alone

1 of 2 adjective

• He was alone with his thoughts.
• She lived alone for many years.
• He felt very alone when he went away to school.
• This wine goes well with food, but is also very good alone.
• I got him alone and asked him what had really happened.
• She doesn't mind being alone because she never feels lonely.
• And you’re lost and alone in the universe, circling through the ether.
  — Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2023
• Shields added that the club hasn’t been alone in these efforts.
  — Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• Some have asked if their child was alone or near friends.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
• There, the cops pretty much left us alone to hone our skills.
  — Salomon Zavala, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
• So did the other guests, leaving the couple alone to look for the ring.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 4 Apr. 2024
• Of these artists, Valdez is not alone in highlighting the skin of things.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
• The Warriors aren’t alone among the West in dealing with injuries.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
• One day, alone in her apartment, Mary set fire to the curtains.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
• Griffey isn’t alone in this mission, or the first game.
  — Tim Booth, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
• Her husband, a physician, was in a fellowship at the time, and Parkhurst was alone most of the time.
  — Sarah Swetlik | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• To be fair, Philo is far from alone with these kinds of numbers.
  — Emilia Petrarca, Vogue, 29 Feb. 2024
• Finkel was alone among the trio in draping a chain around his neck before grabbing the pullup bar.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• Loyal is not alone in looking for ways to extend the life of man's best friend.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
• And the yen isn’t alone in riding the currency roller coaster.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 July 2023
• Viewers can see in the first few episodes that Jeremiah has been kind of alone while grieving.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2023
• Those with before-the-title names are not alone in standing with Biden.
  — Jon Regardie, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• The Atheneum is not alone in getting into the real estate game.
  — William Cohan, Town & Country, 7 June 2023
• To use, just pour half a bottle into the clogged drain slowly, then leave it alone for two hours.
  — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
• Plus, Savannah is not alone in another way.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Feb. 2026
• The 6-foot-10 forward scored seven points in the second frame alone to have 11 by the half.
  — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
• For brown or black leaves on the azalea or brown flower buds, leave the plant alone until new growth begins to appear in the spring.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
• Roberts Giuffre kept her daughter from spending time alone with her father.
  — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 21 Feb. 2026
• Towns scored just two points and took only three shots in the first half alone before doing most of his damage in the third quarter.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
• Totsch is not alone in his tariff concerns.
  — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026

alone

2 of 2 adverb

• The special effects alone make the movie worth seeing.
• The price alone is enough to discourage people.
• The police believe the criminal acted alone.
• Just leave it alone, shut the f—k up and mind your business.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2024
• In Gillibrand’s home state alone, agents have used the law to seize more than 120 guns.
  — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• The ones who, if left alone, would never have let any of this happen.
  — TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
• That alone was enough to account for 40 percent of the rise in emissions last year.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2024
• But the rocks alone aren’t what had drawn the young man from Mesa to Chiricahua 13 times and counting.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• Five of those counts named Trump as a co-defendant, and the sixth named Nauta alone.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 July 2023
• When the ambulance left, the 18-year-old found herself alone, sitting on the kitchen floor.
  — Milla Surjadi, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
• The bedroom alone stretches to 20 feet long, and the suite is complete with two spa-like bathrooms.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
• There’s so much to offer, some people visit for the food alone.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
• The victims were not in or near homeless encampments but were on the streets alone.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
• Your little one will be fully outfitted and ready to save the day alone or with a friend!
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 24 Mar. 2024
• He then got lost and realized he was not fully prepared to be in the woods alone.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023
• An orange, for example, triggers the red cones to go about twice as much as the green cones but leaves the blue ones alone.
  — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• There are six types of highballs alone, and Weeks recommends the Cold Blooded.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
• More than 50 restaurants and bars opened in the city last year alone, with a few introducing new concepts to the city.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
• Four major rainstorms this month alone mean that once dry soils are unable to hold much more rain.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
• The euphoric energy alone will keep you awake way past your bedtime (trust me).
  — Carine Lavache, ELLE, 21 July 2023
• Youth were left alone while a staff member napped, inspection files show.
  — Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
• The thefts had been going on for about two weeks and Gadsden alone had 30 to 40 car burglaries during that time.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 3 Aug. 2023
• The Saturday pelting is the latest in a spate of such incidents this year alone.
  — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 9 July 2023
• But the fact of me saying that—of being uncomfortable being alone—that's a bad thing.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• But sometimes an artist must stand alone and draw solely from herself.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Jan. 2024
• Females can lay up to four eggs before raising their chicks alone.
  — Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026
• Shares of Booking have plunged 23% over the past 12 months and 28% this year alone.
  — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
• The murder charge alone carries a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.
  — CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• The name alone screams meme potential.
  — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
• The Polish border wall alone cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
  — Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026