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lonesome

[lohn-suhm] / ˈloʊn səm /


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And sometimes life is lonesome on the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

This presents Fed Chair Kevin Warsh with a rather inconvenient truth—if he is still advocating for rate cuts, as in his Senate testimony last month, he may be a lonesome dove.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

One such scene in the premiere smash cuts between a lonesome Chris sulking by himself at home.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2025

It took Ireland eight minutes to score at Murrayfield, the nerveless Sam Prendergast enjoying time and space and a penalty advantage to throw a long left-to-right pass to Calvin Nash, all on his lonesome.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2025

His letters were drenched with lonesome longing for his girl.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck


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