lonely
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Ohs works in evocative details: inserted frames of color, like mood flashes, or a shot of a lonely phone ringing, never getting picked up.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
“Those last scenes with me looking like a lonely old lady walking hunched over in the garden? Boy, I told him to get rid of those,” she said, referring to the documentary’s director, R.J.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
However, over the years, their memory declined at about the same rate as those who did not feel lonely.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
It's just when you lead for so long and don't win it, there's a lonely void, an 'it should have been us' vacuum of sorrow.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Still, looking for Wonders could be a little lonely, even with Sal along.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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