lonely

Adapting Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel about a lifelike robot who’s purchased to be a lonely teenager’s friend, filmmaker Taika Waititi continues down the saccharine path he has traveled since 2019’s Oscar-winning “Jojo Rabbit.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

But what’s irrefutable is that she knows how lonely it is not to be able to communicate the world inside her head, and how painful it is not to understand others the same way.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Cats are ideal companions for writers, whose lonely work can be alleviated by furry injections of playfulness and curiosity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Following the death of her husband, she was so lonely that she says she even considered the possibility of voluntary euthanasia.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

After visiting hours it was lonely in the hospital room.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

But over the last decade it’s become even lonelier, with algorithms and vertical video platforms like TikTok siloing users into consumption over interaction.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

He is booked on a couple of Regent cruises but his family wonders if going solo will make him lonelier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

And yet, we are also lonelier than ever, especially younger generations who are even more likely to be on their digital devices for longer periods of time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

That stance is getting lonelier as hard- drive stocks continue their ascent.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

The air was lonelier after the sound died.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

One problem with all these efforts to mitigate old-age loneliness, Schiller notes, is that the loneliest generation is actually Gen Z. And the loneliness surveys themselves, she suggests, may be suspect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“I mean, sometimes the loneliest place for someone like that is in a crowded room,” Rausch observes in recognizing the sensitivity of a fellow introvert.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

Gen Z, it turns out, is the loneliest generation of them all, according to the 2025 Cigna Group report “Loneliness in America.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Another, “Altars,” is a tame and ultimately bland song by Ms. Aitchison’s high standards, with a chorus—“One is not the loneliest number”—that draws on a pop cliché without interrogating or transforming it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026

Ken O’Donnell, Kennedy’s appointment secretary, said, “He must be the loneliest man in the world tonight.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin