How to Use lone in a Sentence

lone

adjective

• With Wood at the five, and as the lone big, the Rockets closed the gap.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 5 Nov. 2021
• Pulisic's goal was the lone score of the game, propelling the U.S. to the Round of 16.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022
• Shea Theodore scored the lone goal of the game for Vegas.
  — George Richards, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
• For months, Gomez has been the lone voice of dissent at the FCC.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
• The lone Iowa touchdown in the 54-10 loss came from the defense.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2022
• The Jaguars are 12-1 at home this season, with the lone loss to App State.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 16 Feb. 2022
• Lewis and Neely combined for the lone takeaway of the day.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 8 Apr. 2023
• Two lone braids were left out of the bun, and their curly ends trailed all the way down to her hips.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 26 Oct. 2023
• Flagg lived up to all of the hype in his lone season at Duke.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
• By his foot is a hat with dollar bills and a lone $5 in it.
  — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Feb. 2025
• Dallas was the lone team to lose at home in the wild-card weekend.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
• Can’t say the same for Meyer and what may be his lone Jaguars team.
  — Gentry Estes, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2021
• Singled in his lone at-bat, in the seventh and scored a run.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
• Canada's lone win came in the semifinals of the Tokyo Olympics.
  — CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
• Palmer’s sister Jesse Palmer is the lone senior on the team.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 9 Mar. 2022
• Jullie Cooke scored the lone goal off a corner kick in the first half.
  — al, 3 Mar. 2023
• The Americans led for most of the game after Tim Weah, 22, scored the lone goal in the first half.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara Steve Coogan usa Today, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
• Chris Bassitt held the Royals to a lone hit and one earned run in six innings of work.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2025
• The lone loss for the Ragin' Cajuns was 41-33 to Tulane.
  — Rex Nelson, arkansasonline.com, 5 Nov. 2024
• The Wolfpack will have a chance to avenge their lone ACC loss this season.
  — Doug Feinberg, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2022
• For the lone Alaskan in the event, however, being there means a great deal.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022
• The salary ordinance passed by a margin of 8-1 with Lay the lone no vote.
  — Carrie Napoleon, chicagotribune.com, 26 Oct. 2021
• In the end, Adebayo is the one who was selected by the coaches as the Heat’s lone All-Star.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• Matt Scott was the lone state high school player chosen, by the Rangers in the 20th and final round.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2022
• Obviously, the lone goal for the Chiefs is to not just get back to the big game, but to win it again.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
• Tim Hudson owns the most strikeouts (29) and the lone shutout by an A’s pitcher.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
• Then there’s Fair, the lone newcomer in the room this spring and one of three receivers Auburn signed in the 2022 class.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 4 Apr. 2022
• Shelton was the lone coach who didn’t turn his chair around for Fallon.
  — USA TODAY, 1 May 2023
• His lone blemish was a bogey on 12, which came after rules officials put his group on the clock for slow pace of play on the ninth hole.
  — Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2025
• Head-to-head battle coming for slot corner job The Cowboys’ lone starting job on either side of the ball that is up for grabs, in my opinion, is the slot corner spot.
  — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Aug. 2025