loner

Example Sentences

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It tells the story of a lonely woman who uses a magical spray to improve her life and finds romance with a fellow loner.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 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

In the before times, it appears he was a self-sufficient loner.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

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

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan