left alone

Example Sentences

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"Look, Hillary Dawa was left alone; he rescued himself," Chmielewski tells the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

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

Bruce Dern plays their caretaker, a man who refuses the order to destroy them and is left alone on the ship, tending the plants and teaching his small drone companions to help him.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

The next evening, the boy is brought to a larger theater and again left alone for the performance.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern