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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

But tell the truth, she’d been lonesome ever since she hit town.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns




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