lonely
Example Sentences
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Authorities are providing AI care devices -- some designed to detect signs of lonely deaths -- to seniors living alone, including in districts of Seoul and in Yongin, south of the capital.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
The 47-year-old says almost half of Gen Z people in the UK now feel lonely "often or always".
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
“We remember he cracked it by thinking deeply about Henry’s childhood — and how lonely it must have been. After his first day as Mr. Whatsit, he nervously asked us, ‘Is it working?’
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
The shaming tends to fall into two categories: the ugly mouthful and the lonely eater.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
The bare and lonely fact of it made her feel like a solitary stalk of grass left waving forlornly in a field after the thresher had come and harvested all the rest for hay.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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