not a soul
Example Sentences
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The June gloom hung heavy along the empty shore of Escondido Beach last week, where not a soul was in sight save for a lone surfer skimming the distant waves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2023
“Now, after the media released what happened, there’s not a soul in sight, and it just takes away from the recreation and passion of fishing.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 24, 2023
What was supposed to be a pleasant 33-mile drive into the Shasta-Trinity National Forest turned out to be a confusing jumble of roads with terrible signage and not a soul in sight.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2022
After the initial citywide lockdown she tried reopening, but, she said, “There was not a soul in Lower Manhattan.”
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2021
As the undertakers prepared to leave, one said to the other, “Well, that’s that. Almost a hundred years old and not a soul to mourn her.”
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
