as in bohemian
a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs
a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself
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Recent Examples of lone wolf
Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Is your pet more of a loyal pack leader or a free-spirited lone wolf?
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
In the West, 93% of fatal attacks were carried out by lone wolf terrorists.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
Considerations For Working With Investing Clubs With small-business investing, a lone wolf may get bogged down in a single acquisition and have to trade their time for money.
—Joseph Drups, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Is your pet more of a loyal pack leader or a free-spirited lone wolf?
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Is your pet more of a loyal pack leader or a free-spirited lone wolf?
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
In the West, 93% of fatal attacks were carried out by lone wolf terrorists.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
Considerations For Working With Investing Clubs With small-business investing, a lone wolf may get bogged down in a single acquisition and have to trade their time for money.
—Joseph Drups, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lone wolf
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lone wolf
Adjective
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As Magazine Dreams progresses, Maddox descends further into his antisocial tendencies and grows more destructive.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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Stanley Hudson, Angela Martin, and Karen Filippelli As far as being antisocial is concerned, Stanley Hudson takes the cake.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His legendary predecessor Sachin Tendulkar, an almost god-like figure in India, and Australian maverick Shane Warne, who lived a life of glitz and glamor, were similarly box office and, quite frankly, better Test cricketers.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Around 2016, a poem about the Black polar explorer Matthew Henson by her friend Robin Coste Lewis—another maverick of the archives—helped inspire a series of paintings about the Arctic, which flood its frozen landscapes with electric blues.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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The lone survivor was identified as Anton Tselykh, 38, of Seattle, according to the sheriff's office.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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In his lone college season at Duke, Flagg solidified himself as the best prospect in the country, averaging 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.4 blocks.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
Noun
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And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.—
TIME,
TIME,
7 May 2024
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Look, first of all, Netanyahu is not a lone ranger.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2024
Adjective
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Ask Amy: My unsociable neighbor doesn't know about me and his wife.—
Bay Area News Group,
The Mercury News,
2 June 2024
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To drink too much would be inexcusable; to drink too little would be unsociable.—
Erika Page,
The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Her thoughtfulness, confidence and free spirit are truly inspirational.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
7 May 2025
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Nicky, a reckless free spirit, is also Adam’s ex and the biological mother of Adam and Chloe’s teenage son, Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan).—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
Adjective
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But when the homework clause was revealed, the enormous unsocial media fan was out there and the manure hit it with great force.—
Nick CanepaColumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 July 2022
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The choice of verbs on social media seems, to Miss Manners, to demonstrate a decidedly unsocial intent.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
6 Jan. 2022
Noun
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That Charli’s performance went right into Green Day felt, more than most of Coachella’s adjacent performances, thematically apt, each indulging in an enfant terrible persona to create outsider art that eventually became insider art.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2025
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Artist, filmmaker, and former enfant terrible Harmony Korine is closing in on the New York premiere of his latest film, Baby Invasion.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Lone wolf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lone%20wolf. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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