How to Use lonely in a Sentence

lonely

adjective

• She was a lonely child with few friends.
• She spent too many lonely nights at home.
• It was lonely living out in the country.
• She had a lonely childhood.
• He was lonely without his wife and children.
• The hopes and fears of the blessed and the lonely, the vital and the frail.
  — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• The journey to your goals does not have to be a lonely one.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
• Our team always jokes, that’s the loneliest night of the week, right?
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
• Utah, Alaska, and Hawaii rolled in as the least lonely states.
  — Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2022
• But her life for the last 20 years has been very lonely and quiet.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2021
• If the woods can seem lonely on a good day, on a fire day the silence breeds pure fear.
  — Boone Ashworth, Wired, 2 Dec. 2021
• Juárez lies in the heart of the desert, and on the surface, much of it resembles a lonely ghost town.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
• But the videos don’t always show how lonely the job can be.
  — Amelia Nierenberg, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• The months after the arrest were lonely, Colvin said in 2019.
  — Brian Lyman, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2021
• Willa seems, in so many ways, to be a very lonely person.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2021
• Your stance and that of some other artists was lonely at first.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2021
• That's not to say living alone and being lonely are the same.
  — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2021
• And now you two are engaged in a silent and lonely battle.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
• Their trip through the lonely Granger Prairie would be Christine's last ride.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 14 May 2024
• Maria Lopez greets the sick, the frantic, the lonely, the grieving relatives, and the mothers-to-be.
  — The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2022
• Did no one want to spend time with someone who might be sad and lonely?
  — Annabel Abbs-Streets, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• Two lonely and self-loathing strangers are seated in the tavern on a snowy evening.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 14 Nov. 2023
• But draft night this year could be a bit lonely for Boston.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2021
• But her time in the oil sands was lonely, and the men harassed her constantly.
  — WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023
• But the church can be a difficult and lonely place for many, and their stories are painful to hear.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• The first film follows a lonely 12-year-old boy who has a big crush on his babysitter.
  — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 18 Apr. 2023
• Everybody doesn’t have that here—and this is a lonely space.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
• Moss was made to feel crazy as a result, and that became very lonely for her.
  — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025
• Shawn isn't so much lonely as he is used to being alone, a fact that makes his ups and downs with Matt all the more poignant.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2022
• And being more comfortable talking to others about the challenges of child-rearing made the experience a bit less lonely.
  — Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025