loner

Example Sentences

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By this point, police say his family had no idea where his thinking was leading, as he became a loner who had largely withdrawn from his parents and sibling.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Los Angeles and Tucson, Ariz. Despite many close friendships, especially with women, he was at heart a loner, conditioned, possibly, by clinical depression, for which he sought electroshock therapy even though it addled his brain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Since I’m a loner, I don’t have any really close friends, either.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

That same year, Altman also gave him the title role in his “Brewster McCloud,” an eccentric fable about a Houston loner determined to build a pair of wings and take flight.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Nor was he the angry loner who’d followed the ghost of Minos through the Labyrinth.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan