loner

Example Sentences

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His reputation as a genius loner rides on two kinds of art.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 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

His gently oddball vision of loner heroics has plenty of terror-steeped imagery to go with the referential sound design’s aural innocence of antiquated bloops, blurps and synthetic tones.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

My mother said he was like that, a loner, a man who did not like to show his feelings.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya