Examples of lone in a Sentence
the lone ripe apple in the entire bag
just one lone cow in the middle of the field
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Nunes’ lone loss during her dominant stretch came against Peña.
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
The lone exception was Heather Wilson, president of the University of Texas at El Paso and a former Republican member of the House of Representatives and Secretary of the Air Force during the first Trump administration.
—ArsTechnica, 4 June 2025
These lone actors, acting on grievance and enabled by the internet, present a formidable and evolving threat to American public life.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 3 June 2025
Inter’s lone loss in this competition came back in December to Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
The lone exception was Heather Wilson, president of the University of Texas at El Paso and a former Republican member of the House of Representatives and Secretary of the Air Force during the first Trump administration.
—ArsTechnica, 4 June 2025
These lone actors, acting on grievance and enabled by the internet, present a formidable and evolving threat to American public life.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 3 June 2025
Inter’s lone loss in this competition came back in December to Germany’s Bayer Leverkusen.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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“Lone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lone. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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