lonely
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“I was never lonely, but I missed her every day,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
For instance, people who felt lonely may have sought out more interaction, even when those encounters did not provide the support they needed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
There’s a quiet comfort in knowing your neighbors, especially in a sprawling, sometimes lonely city like Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Feeling "lonely and shameful" and wondering if it was a "me problem", she posted on social media asking whether other women her age were having the same experience.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
And even though Jack had tried to make it funny, she felt more lonely and miserable than she ever had before.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
Places built around private convenience look lonelier than places where daily routines force people to bump into one another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Naomi, 30, from Pembrokeshire, has spent more than a decade navigating non-monogamous relationships and said having a very good calendar is key and, ironically, the reality is far lonelier than people might expect.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
In her essay collection “The Age of Loneliness,” Laura Marris examines quiet conditions that our society doesn’t know have been lost and how we’re lonelier for those untold vanishings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026
That stance is getting lonelier as hard- drive stocks continue their ascent.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
Nothing is lonelier or more disorienting than insomnia.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
“I mean, sometimes the loneliest place for someone like that is in a crowded room.”
From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026
"Being a new mum is one of the loneliest times, because you're sort of in this insular bubble," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
Mr. Herzog began work in 2020, during the loneliest months of the Covid-19 pandemic, toiling in isolation and making highly personal sketches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2025
One may be the loneliest number, but No. 2 is what sent Shaquille O’Neal urgently mincing off the “Inside the NBA” stage last month while the cameras kept running.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
And I forget the ancestral graves I have left on a hillside of a faraway land, the loneliest stones that each year go unblessed.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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