left alone

Example Sentences

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Don’t converts have the right to be left alone by the government?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

And we spoke with a middle-aged woman with schizophrenia and panic disorder who lives with her brother’s family because she can’t hold down a job and fears being left alone in a nursing home.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

But on Dec. 12, he was left alone by the pools at Lincoln Elementary School in Ontario without any flotation devices, according to the complaint filed in San Bernardino County Superior Court on Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Nadia said she understands the "huge pressure" on NHS staff but "no patient, especially an elderly and vulnerable person should be left alone in a corridor".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

He knew she didn’t like to be left alone.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret