loner

Example Sentences

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No one does anything alone, but this reader describes himself as a loner, and one reason he’s sitting on a big nest egg is because he started early.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

“The Mandalorian and Grogu” takes the series’ thematic underpinnings — what parenting looks like between a masked human loner and an otherworldly toddler — and deepens them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

By this point, police say his family had no idea where his thinking was leading, as he became a loner who had largely withdrawn from his parents and sibling.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

Through the first two films in Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s planned trilogy, the audience comes to know him as a reserved loner who prizes calm.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

I mean, it's not like I'm some psycho loner or anything.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements