friendless

Example Sentences

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When she first meets Kimiko, Hana is a shy, friendless teenager living in a run-down apartment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“Lonely, friendless, despised at his office, estranged from his family, alienated even from his God,” is how Paula Hill, his ex-wife, described Miller in a memoir.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

From the time she was a little girl, she was marked by her empathy, befriending the friendless and comforting the crying.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

But the final scene, which also took place at the water’s edge, also at sunset, left Kendall numb, friendless, bereft.

From New York Times • May 30, 2023

I was settling into a new routine in this town, and my anxieties about being friendless at school were beginning to fade.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi