lone woman
Example Sentences
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Standing 5’2” in FDA conference rooms where she had often been disregarded as the lone woman, Woodcock had fought for her status — sometimes, she said, pushed nearly to tears with frustration.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025
The lone woman residing at the vampire house, Nadja grew up as a poor peasant girl on the island of Antipaxos.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024
That was true, too, of the March on Washington, where the lone woman on the organizing committee had to fight to get any speaking roles at all for women.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023
The leadership rung just below it - which has more than 20 seats - included a lone woman for the last two decades until last October.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023
"Arrah, Mister Connolly," shashee, "what ails ye?" shashee, "to put the scare on a lone woman like that?" shashee.
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
