Moreover, Picasso himself would not have felt the satisfaction of having created something on the basis of his leap of the imagination alone. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found a place to sit alone near the entrance for an easy escape, should I need it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In my mind’s eye, I saw Clancy and me alone in the same room, him on one knee, offering a rose in my direction. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“It’ll make your headaches worse and we have to leave the subject alone.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid of being alone,” she whispered, as though she were afraid that normal speaking would bring down some precarious barricade inside her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Either way, after I went inside—alone!—I washed my face and brushed my teeth. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The flames were so high I couldn’t see to the other side, let alone guess how thick the wall of fire had become. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Better leave him alone, children,” said Mrs. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Only if you both promise that neither of you will attempt to face her alone.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Leave him alone,” I yell, “or I’m getting those officers from the beach!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Eager to be alone, and fearful of enquiries or hints from her uncle and aunt, she stayed with them only long enough to hear their favourable opinion of Bingley, and then hurried away to dress. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She steps closer, and I am suddenly aware of how very alone we are. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The Doctorita does trust me to go out alone, more and more often. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither Aunt Sponge nor Aunt Spiker could ever be bothered to take him out herself, not even for a small walk or a picnic, and he certainly wasn’t permitted to go alone. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing, Bryson? Just leave it alone and it will go away.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been walking alone for a while, and it would be nice to have someone to talk to. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My eyes were watering so badly from the dust that I couldn’t see the clammy, pale faces around me, let alone the faces of the soldiers who stood just beyond the ring of lights, watching. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Turner wasn’t sure he should leave Mrs. Cobb asleep and alone, but he was sure he needed some air that hadn’t been wrung out inside the house. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Somehow I’d always known it was going to happen this way, the two of us alone, Bunny drunk, late at night....“Why no,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were alone in the house now, just me and my mom and whatever future we were now meant to have. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t alone among his generation in this. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What I did experience when alone was a sort of general neurotic horror, a common attack of nerves and self-loathing magnified to the power of ten. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I asked if I could speak to Gaskill alone, but he said that he wanted Riley to be present. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left him alone in the room, then a moment later sat down across from X-Ray. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The dress was gorgeous alone, but that jewelry adds a whole new level of sparkle and shine. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Pollard was completely alone and penniless in a remote town of a foreign country. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stormed out of Mandy’s room and rushed to the library, where I could be alone, where no one was likely to make me scour anything or sew anything or say anything. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

You might be alone in there, or, if it’s a busy day, you might be with someone else. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had never even seen cake, let alone tasted it, and he’d been whipped for eating windfall apples that were more worm than fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In the book Men Against Death I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was about to tell him to leave me alone, but I stopped. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“The witch-girl is here. And I think you should stay beside me, Will Stanton, for this next while, and watch with me, for I do not greatly care to watch alone.” The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I felt very alone on earth, as if there were no adults to protect me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They murmured words he did not catch; he felt gentle pats upon his back, and then they all traipsed back toward the cottage, leaving Harry alone beside the elf. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Left him hanging there, all alone and dead and never to sing them to sleep again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really care. You know where he works. Go badger him. Maybe that way, you’ll leave me alone.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She said that she would understand if Anthony wanted to dissociate herself from her opinions, that she was “ready to stand alone.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Her love for him seemed turned into hate; she loathed the whole race of men and she went to the mountains to live alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Haan. Your mummy...she doesn’t blame you, Twinkle. But she does blame herself. She will never forgive herself for Nani dying alone.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Bat Lady supposedly lived alone in the dilapidated house on the corner of Hobart Gap Road and Pine. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I guess partly it was because they’d been alone together so much, what with Mrs. Clutter away and Mr. Clutter gone to Washington, or wherever. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was quite alone, but where he was, he had no idea. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Not spending time with you either, is she? Avoiding you...avoiding the other boys... alone...” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He felt so tall, towering alone up at the front of the classroom. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He's watching me the way someone would watch an injured cat—not wanting to leave it alone but scared to get too close too quickly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not long after seeing the statue of Jesus, Enrique is alone on a hopper. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

You and I both know that I’m strong, that I can carry most burdens alone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My parents have learned to leave me alone when I don’t want to talk. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A blind man sits alone on the rim of the fountain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The special floundered, not knowing what to do; a variety of mute expressions crossed his face and then, turning, he shuffled out of the apartment, leaving Rick alone. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I felt alone and small, but in a way that was curiously like feeling exalted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Going down there all by yourself alone in the dark?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's something behind his expression that tells me there is more to his words than he's letting on, but I leave it alone for now. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother scarcely ever let her go to the movies, let alone on dates. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they left him alone, this silly game would end. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And Harry was left alone, with nothing to distract him from the stabbing pains in his limp arm. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It was terrible for a boy my age to be left alone. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Leave me alone, then! Stay away from me and my toy booth.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He shouldn’t have had to ring the bell too and stand there on the beach, waiting alone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“But it’s better than sitting alone at a table, isn’t it?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

For several days it seems as if we are all alone in the Virginia wilderness. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I eat my food quietly, still angry at the woman sitting across from me, but happy that at least I’m not sitting alone. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It would be no time at all until Cabot wasn’t changing the world, but sitting alone in a jail cell with a bologna sandwich and a lidless toilet. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I ducked out of Marcus’s crushing hug to peek over the top of the stall door and make certain we were still alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They sat at a cafeteria table, alone and apart as always. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

One came in out of the night, a man alone. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Aegisthus, of course, must die, but to kill him alone would never satisfy justice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be alone, but my brothers would not let me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I doubted there was enough for a city block, let alone the whole island. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

After the first week she moved me from the back of the room to the front seat by her desk, and after that, it felt as if she were teaching me alone. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Him: I’m all alone out here, I guess. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She lays down with her head on her paws and knows to leave me alone when I’m thinking. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He ate almost nothing, he stayed mostly alone, and in this state of grief he fell sick. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

What was she doing all alone in her ruined house? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

On some nights, he’d drag his bedding into the yard to sleep alone. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Being mostly alone sounded like a great idea. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s late. I don’t like you walking alone. Where do you live?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But as a result, the big Wall Street investment firms have had to sharply reduce the cost of their market research, all of which has to be paid for now by their brokerage departments alone. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

After their meeting, Scoville announced to the newspapers that the man was insane and had acted alone, believing he was carrying out God's directions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember starting out that morning, but I do remember trying to sleep and feeling quite alone except for a dull, bittersweet ache. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Leave her alone! Get out!” shouted the knight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had ideas that most men never had, let alone eight-year-old boys. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I'm alone, I take it out and hold it in my hand, just feeling the weight of it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I looked around the band hall, sure that Rachel was going to make a bunch of bloodthirsty nasties pop out of the walls; but we were still alone. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nights after school board meetings, she was condemned to sip iced tea alone on Mr. Crane’s porch while her father browbeat the old superintendent inside and drank up his bourbon. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d felt so many things since our journey began—joy, fear, hope, horror—but until now, I’d never once felt alone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I had a hard time imagining the two in the same town, let alone in the same room at the Divining Parlor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And she did her work alone and spoke no more than she could escape speaking with the wife of Wang Lung’s uncle, and she never spoke at all to Cuckoo. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

What were the thoughts of Elisha when night came, and he was alone where no eye could see, and no tongue bear witness, save only the trumpetlike tongue of God? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’d spent the last weeks wanting to retreat and be alone. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I let Joe go to his mother’s cabin to be alone for a while. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It broadcast an exaggerated version of our complicated interior lives to the world, made us feel less alone in the madness of the era, less marginal. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I sat alone in my narrow room, watching the sun sink slowly in the chilly May sky. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

So my daughter and I are alone in this crowded beauty parlor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re Godfearing people in these parts. We don’t want any meddling with dark things better left alone. We don’t want the trouble your kind can bring.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We’ve talked about this, Miranda. I thought you knew how to handle yourself. It’s the only reason I let you walk around alone!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She wondered if he’d cry when he was alone; she would have. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I don’t find the key, at least I’d be alone. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But the truth is, people are happier left alone.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you intend to eat alone today, my good man?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And she wanted to make sure that Jeremiah wasn’t walking alone through Clarkston. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Joseph and Eliza agreed that I couldn’t live alone, not with the deserted streets as dangerous as the crowded sickrooms. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But since you did,” he sighed, “I’m glad the three of you were together. I’m glad none of you were alone.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I thought it would be the danger, or being alone, or the weather.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Wandering through the crowd so as to escape a drunken uncle of Ron’s who seemed unsure whether or not Harry was his son, Harry spotted an old wizard sitting alone at a table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At seven o’clock that evening he was alone in the crowd in Wiggins’ barn. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Nothing, really. I just want to be alone with you for a minute." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I scream at them to leave me alone, so my mom leaves, but my dad stays where he is in the doorway. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I went to hide behind a tree, but I was not alone. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

What did surprise Woody was that they weren’t alone. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They took Mommy and Carla away and the family next door and I was all alone. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All it can do is to make whites less committed to change, make them go it alone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My specialty is in administrative supplies—quills, papyrus, Baridian ink—the Temple of Lkossa alone constitutes a quarter of my business, what with all the books and maps they house there.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You’re really going to make me go alone with Dad this weekend?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The fact that Maurice excused himself to go and sit alone did not upset me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Will she ever be able to walk again, let alone play basketball? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the most secluded hermit in the woods was not one and alone; he also belonged to a class of people. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

It alone had not seriously expanded its productive facilities, or offered anything radically new to human culture. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I watch her blood droplets fall on soil, and she stands behind their seats alone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Because I’m not allowed to be in the park alone at night, Grandma went with me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was tense during the days I waited for Granny, and when she came I gave up, letting her handle things, answering questions automatically, obeying, knowing that somehow I had to face things alone. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the night alone and miserable in my room. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

There’s no time to protest, let alone tap out a text. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

You are not alone, little girl, and neither is your friend. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She took in the drunk with one long gaze, and then she turned her eyes to the middle of the room where the mute sat at his table alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And the young man sneered at Wang Lung and he said, “Ah, that son of my cousin’s needs no leading. He can go alone.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

CUT TO: Montage of Charlie getting promoted at her PR firm, attending events, going to a concert, and eating dinner alone. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“He shouldn’t have been living alone,” I explained, “but like you said, he was stubborn.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I must speak with you alone,” I say. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She’s alone, sitting in her chair with her bare legs crossed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But if she wants to stay here and die all alone? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Once he had survived a winter alone in the Alaskan wilderness. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I had been to the Hob on several occasions with my father, I was too frightened to venture into that rough, gritty place alone. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was no straw to grasp or spin, but soon I was talking about Island of the Blue Dolphins and how it was about a girl alone on an island. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s better since I don’t dance — in fact, I have a rule against it. No dancing unless I’m alone in my room or it’s pitch-black dark.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then a little fellow like you should not be all alone way up here on this haunted mountain.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was alone in an alley near the main street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She’d been alone so long, Tally found herself enjoying being the center of attention. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The boss let his guard down now, as he did but rarely, and then usually only when alone, or occasionally—as now—with his longtime secretary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you hear anything speaking to you—in the wind, in your ear, whatever—just ignore it. And tell someone. Don’t leave the camp alone.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Maddy wanted to be alone with David for a while, you know?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She decided to wait until tonight, when she was alone, to do what she had to. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

However, once they got Toby alone, it was evident to him that they were fishing—looking for any checkmark against Jimmy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I spent the entire time alone writing in my notebook next to a waterfall. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I refused to think that I might be shopping alone in Seattle this weekend, no longer interested in the earlier arrangement. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought I had become used to being alone, and to the idea that I would always be alone, but I was wrong. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I gaze at the elephants, and then I look over at Ruby, small and alone. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

From my own point of view, the fact of the Third Reich alone makes obsolete forever any question of Christian superiority, except in technological terms. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He remained alone with his prayers, and they let him be. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. DiAngelo returned a couple days later, but she came home alone and she didn’t seem happier. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ares sat hunched over in a position of such extreme sorrow that Gregor decided it was best to leave him alone. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The closest they come is a night alone in the DoubleTree, which they are both dying to leave. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were utterly alone on the sea of ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I could read and write a little bit, I could color or jump rope alone, but mostly I played with Bera-Bera. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

So it’s just Gram and me, alone for a few hours. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I mean, why not leave well enough alone? That is, it’ll never work. I wouldn’t take a chance. In other words, let’s keep things as they are—changes are so frightening.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was sixteen, living alone with her father. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as we were alone, Andrea began talking about Shanghai. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you want to see the effects of a putative causal variable, manipulate that variable alone while holding everything else constant. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be alone in the wood, now, he had discovered a new world. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Katie stood alone on the top of the last flight of steps with her hands clasped before her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the motion stopped, the riders were streaming away from her in an elegant spiral, leaving her alone with one man who looked down at her from his tall white horse. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I did. The temperature of the water alone was enough to kill her. It would have killed you too.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was uncertain that I could walk another step farther, let alone run. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I should have been worried about you, out in the wild all alone. Poor Tally.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When we were alone, he said to me:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Let that old man alone, you dirty cop,” a woman screamed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the abandoned Latin service it was the priest alone who spoke the affirmation of faith. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of us will meet it crying, the most alone we’ve been in our entire life. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Tally tried to imagine Shay hiking to the river alone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He accelerated away and cruised under the wire all alone, breaking the track record. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, you don’t understand. We have to do so many tests. One test alone could cost two, three thousand rand.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She imagined her great-grandfather Clive Marlowe tramping through these very woods alone when he was just a few years older than Jess. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons, I watch for him through the window, and if I see him walking home alone from school, I dash out on an errand. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I fumbled to unlock the front door, I glanced over my shoulder to make sure I was still alone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I felt alone and for some reason thought back to the Littles’; how lonely I felt at first when no one was around. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want to be alone right now,” I told her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

And wanting to be alone with my own thoughts as I was now, locked behind the bathroom door.... Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I said this over and over until the vague police shapes let me alone, until I awoke to find Kevin sitting, dozing beside my bed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The plans that he and Illyrio had made with Blackheart had been known to them alone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I like being alone. It’s easier that way.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Sure that she was alone, George went into the third bedroom, opened the closet door, and surveyed the pile of stuffed animals and assorted toys inside. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But those short moments had made it all worthwhile, those moments of pure plenary abandon, when he felt as if he, and he alone, were in control of the universe of his childhood. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Over on the highway he could see headlights and taillights moving east and west, but he felt alone, as if that world were distant from him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At night he had shut himself in the bright room to study alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now, for a second time, he is alone on a train. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I conclude it would be a good place to be alone with my thoughts, but I should already know that my thoughts are never alone. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A Polish count, aged eighteen, devoted himself to the ladies, who pronounced him, ‘a fascinating dear’, and a German Serene Something, having come to supper alone, roamed vaguely about, seeking what he might devour. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a cage just like her old cage, still alone? The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

So much comes into my head at night when I’m alone, or during the day when I’m obliged to put up with people I can’t abide or who invariably misinterpret my intentions. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Read English news, yes, and English sport, politics and pomposity, but in future keep the things that hurt to myself alone. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of being alone on the island while so many suns rose from the sea and went slowly back into the sea filled my heart with loneliness. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw they wouldn't even let me in through the door, let alone give me a large scholarship like the one I had at my own college. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Pinkeye went up alone to see how matters stood by light of day, complaining all the while that his old bones could not abide steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kaori smoothed the front of her own pajamas—coal black, with red trim—and said, “Okay, then. I’ll just prepare the spirit stones alone.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If you touch a girl, even as a joke, and she pushes you off, leave…her…alone. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of all the times I left Evie alone with her, and it made me sick. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever it is— remember—you 8c only you are responsible and it is up to you and you alone to overcome this part of your life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was sensing that Sherrie now wanted me to leave them alone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily couldn’t imagine her parents traveling without her and Matthew, let alone by themselves. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Anyone who could laugh and tell stories and jokes and sing while he was alone among the demons must know what he was doing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I get it. Like I pity you for sitting alone. So I sit with you.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Finally they said they would leave me alone if I kept to my part of the island and never went near their camp. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

After she changes in the locker room, Erin sits alone in the stands for a while watching us, but then halfway through practice I look up and she’s gone. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of her dying alone in the hospital, suffering painful burns, is too much to bear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“My tormenter was no older than I was, so I told him to leave me alone,” said Karl. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mother stands alone near the railing with her hands clasped in front of her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I figure her living alone makes her want to talk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The way Grandma was or could be, we dreaded the thought of asking someone outside the family to endure even a few days alone with her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to be in the house alone. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I head to the truck, feeling guilty because I’m leaving Mot alone when she’s not feeling well. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps the feeling is for you alone,” he said. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wonders if she is the only Indian person in the hospital, but a gentle twitch from the baby reminds her that she is, technically speaking, not alone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Corporal alone seemed anxious to get on. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not alone,” I say, and I turn my gaze back to the racing gray clouds. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

They were alone in a grey formless world without mark or measure. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Number eight was he couldn’t stand to be left alone. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was twelve but had never been alone like that before. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never seen ice, let alone ice cream. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The African violets alone took three trips, and the briskets took two. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the country of the Amazons, the women warriors, some say with Hercules, some say alone, and brought away one of them, whose name is given sometimes as Antiope, sometimes as Hippolyta. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t argue, girl,” her grandmother said to Dicey, just as Dicey was opening her mouth to say she wasn’t going to leave Maybeth there alone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are people who cannot stand being alone; perhaps he was acting from despair. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Wait here, but don’t touch anything. The senator will be in shortly,” the maid said brusquely, leaving him alone. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let alone in front of a boy she actually liked. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When you yelled, “Homework,” parents always left you alone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She found Ms. Hussey standing alone, her back to the door, talking on a cell phone. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like maybe it would be best to leave them alone. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

What was Sticky doing in the city alone at night? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

One minute I was walking alone—I was heading for the bomb crater—and the next minute someone was beside me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He turns and hops from one pile of false gold to another, then right into the swirling wall of water and disappears, leaving me alone at the bottom of the world. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Francis, alone of us all, was unencumbered and occasionally he stopped by to see me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning, the other four men were removed from the cell, and Zeitoun and Nasser were alone again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was crowded when they entered; Catelyn was not alone in her need for prayer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“This is—we need to do this alone.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Worse news yet is that he is not alone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

None of us wanted to be around our father, let alone to live with him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had narrow eyes that often seemed lit with a secret, as if he alone were in on some long-running joke that the rest of the world would come to appreciate later on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The navigator is nowhere in sight, and I don’t want to be left alone right now. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She felt a stab of sympathy for it, abandoned not only by her kin, but by herself, left empty and alone while she was here, weeping her tears onto a stranger’s chest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Not that I think anybody would be foolish enough to try anything with you, but I promised Nicole and her mother I wouldn’t leave you alone.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

For the first time since Stamps, information was exciting for itself alone. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which means that unless an HLA lugs an invading virus to where the leukocyte can notice it, that part of the immune system cannot know it exists, let alone attack it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, the notion of her facing them alone gutted him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And that I’m utterly alone out here in the dark. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Blacks knew that no white man accused of a similar crime against a black woman would have been convicted at all, let alone sentenced to die. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

As if his eyes alone could do us harm. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Scruggs didn’t go to bed with Rebecca that night, but stayed up alone. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“He might have died out there sick and injured and alone.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione stood alone, in the middle of the corridor, as silence fell among the mass of students pressing forward to see the grisly sight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I told you,” Joey said, “to leave the sponsor alone or I would pinch your head.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of Abbey, alone in Rado’s dinghy, reading her book by flashlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Until then, she had been alone and frightened. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When the engine rolled up in front of our house and the driver got out, we saw that he was alone. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t scold me. I had to be alone for a while to find some answers.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was alone there, in pain, the light of his life slowly going out. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was standing, straight and handsome and altogether by himself, alone in the room with the hangers-on as we shut the door. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And he, compassionate creature, who drew from me the arrows of sorrow one by one, listened, and when I came home I was not alone. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each guest, as was customary, brought a gift for the bride-to-be, except Perseus alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much to his surprise, Zubaid found himself alone, still standing and with possession of the ball, which he quickly passed to a teammate at midfield. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

So carefully I arise and move to a place where I can nearly be alone. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, but—” “Never mind. It’s okay. You’re not really alone, anyhow. You have friends. You have me.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Likewise, if his landing is very bumpy, then, by chance alone, his next one will likely be better. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rank’s avatar also disappeared, and in moments I was all alone in the classroom. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And she walked away along the wet path toward Tracy’s Lane, leaving Stuart alone with his broken dreams and his damaged canoe. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’d memorized all my lines, but at rehearsals I sat alone, pretending to study my black binder. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There are times I feel completely alone, like no one in the world can possibly understand me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I want you to take my ashes out alone on the Frog, out to sea alone, and leave me there. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thanked him, relieved he hadn’t left me all alone. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’d driven her around and gotten lost in the dark—a young girl alone in a car in the middle of nowhere with some strange guy, no idea where I was taking her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"All alone in your cold bed in your Tower of the Hand." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He flew off alone and came back with food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“But we all die alone, don’t we? The people we love can’t go with us.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Last week, Mama told me I wasn't allowed to answer the phone anymore, even if I was home alone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She heard a man’s voice saying, “You’ve got to trust her. When she has those sleeps you have to leave her alone till she wakes up, she’ll wake up pretty soon.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m sitting alone, realizing I can’t think of the experiment that will explain everything. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

An old man was driving it all alone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what I was going to do ten minutes from now, let alone next week. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was much alone, and time seemed long. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

There were a few people inside at the bar, and outside, alone, sat Harvey Stone. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She would be lucky to make it there, let alone back, before Bahumat was free. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Dill, can I have a few minutes alone in here before we go in?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Desma Mann fretted at the idea of her baby going off so far away, all alone, but she had always known that day would come. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

On May 17, after resting for just two days at Base Camp after coming down from Everest, Anatoli Boukreev climbed alone to the summit of Lhotse. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a more affluent community, with students gunning for admissions to selective colleges, parents might not be so happy for their children to take one of these classes, let alone four of them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

That autumn and winter, I just wanted to be alone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Inej pitied the boy who might die alone with no one to comfort him in his last hours or who might live and spend his life as an exile. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t remind him that I still haven’t even seen Mr. X, let alone familiarized myself with his luggage. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was alone on lookout duty as the seconds ticked away toward midnight. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left it dark, and gradually became aware that he was not alone. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So alone that anyone, anything, no matter how loathsome, would be welcome. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Yet I could not live alone; so I tried the companionship of mistresses. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I, on the other hand, was all alone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I played alone in the back yard, bouncing a rubber ball off the fence, drawing figures in the soft clay with an old knife, or reading what books I found about the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God,” she says, “has never left me alone.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

For two succeeding years I was alone each winter for eight months at a stretch in the Sierra Nevada mountains on Lake Tahoe. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas barely heard Newt, having seen Alby sulking over to the side, away from the main group of the Gladers, alone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My mom alone in a green field staring down at my grave and my dad’s grave and my brother’s grave. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He told me that it was all a test, that Wickersham would leave alone those officers who stood up to him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could think about was Denna waking alone, aching, thirsty, and disoriented. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was scared to be alone in there right now. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He seemed even more alone than Nan and me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll thank you to let my child alone!” she spat out. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to go alone among a crowd of suspicious strangers, but what he stood to gain from this risk it was impossible to guess. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of subsisting on greenery alone — of prolonging that full-yet-empty stabbing sensation in my stomach — was totally unappealing, but the leaves would keep me alive. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they were alone, Albert said, “I want you to know I made a C-minus this time in geography.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Sir, the shape of my jaw alone could furnish enough talk for a whole of your symposiums.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Each evening the mute walked alone for hours in the street. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

That alone would have stopped my father's heartbeat. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Aziz was alone again, this time for the rest of her life. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They are silent and distant—always alone, always wary. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He had sat and watched all alone for about six hours, and had let the others rest. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I felt strangely safe, isolated, alone in the stillness of dusk turning to night. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After two songs, the fiddle and horn carried on alone while the drummer went around hat in hand ungraciously accepting the pennies doled out to him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol wakes up late on a Sunday morning, alone, from a bad dream he cannot recall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no way I’m going in there alone. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

To form the plurals of abbreviations and numbers, add s alone, but to form the plural of a single letter, add s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Left alone, Eleanor realized that she shouldn't have told Park to leave right away. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I think it’ll help Jack to know he’s not alone in this war,” she explained. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“For most of our marriage I treated her as though she didn’t matter! I came home only between wars, and left her alone for months at a time! There was always war!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Myles was a widow who lived alone in a tiny hovel in Redding. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To-day the waiters did not leave you alone all morning to read without asking if you wanted to order something. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She would no longer be alone in her struggle to preserve what they shared; he would join her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It hurts sometimes to think of the time before Frank went to live alone at the cabin. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That I didn’t know if we hadn’t come along the Pigman would’ve just lived like a vegetable until he died alone in that dump of a house? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And right after I pull Luke off Mark, I look up and see Bing walking alone to the edge of the reef. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anthony spent the next several hours alone in her study. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Imani’s mom lets us run into the mall alone to get our slime supplies—they’ve got new colors and fragrances and glitters, all kinds of different ingredients to use. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When I look up, Boomer and I are alone once more in the Spinney. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Martin ran to the bedroom obediently but came back in a moment alone. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When sleighs appeared on front lawns and fake snow on Douglas firs, Baba stayed home and I drove the VW bus alone up and down the peninsula. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was alone in the heat and the silence, and then it began to rain and he rode head down into monstrous lightning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Roz sat in the airship, broken and alone and speeding toward a mysterious future, she looked back at her miraculous past. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Our journey to magical places alone was a spot of color on the town’s drab canvas, and our return made us even more the most enviable of people. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It belongs to Sauron and was made by him alone, and is altogether evil. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And since my parents left on vacation last week, I’ve been looking after our home all alone, even through these difficult times. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Mad to believe your word alone! The price must be silence, utter silence!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I also know him. He killed my children and grandchildren. Now I am alone in this world.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had thought that alone at her window on an August afternoon she would be far from where she could do any harm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

We probably spent eight hours studying for our World History test, but I can barely even remember the review questions, let alone the answers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had no real desire to waste my time throwing balls at bottles to win cheap prizes, but Audrey refused to let me spend another Friday night wallowing alone in my room. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Strong words, but, as Palmer knew, words alone were not what the public wanted. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed Ang Dorje, standing alone in the appalling wind, sobbing inconsolably over the loss of Rob. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looks suddenly alone, vulnerable even in his determination. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Will you tell this kid of yours to bug off and leave her father alone?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summer fourteen, Gat and I took out the small motorboat alone. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I am overcome with grief, with loss, with the stark misery of being alone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was only one letter to sweat over and to wonder about the woman who could write down such words, let alone do what she had done and promised more of. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This fact alone would make the nation choose Aeneas’ side in the war, so intense was the hatred felt for their former ruler. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What we saw was enough for Doctor Phillips even to make the identification alone without me. It was straightforward, simple. There was no trace of what I’d done. The bullet had not touched the bone.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Later at the line for the bathroom, Vonetta and Fern went in together, leaving me alone with Miss Hendrix. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m old enough to stay alone for an hour without burning the house down.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I had almost dismissed the book when I turned the page and saw a photograph of a white shark’s teeth, removed from the jaw and standing alone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m just a horrible dancer. Terrible. In fact, I’m so bad I even have a rule against it. No dancing unless I’m alone in my room or it’s pitch-black dark.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He ain't angry, but he don’t like you being alone in that house. He ax me if maybe him and me shouldn’t come over there and stay with you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And quite alone? Have all her friends left her?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I made you a promise that day, outside her office, remember? I told you that one night, you’d be alone in a dark hallway and I’d find you. I always keep my promises.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The other cooks and chefs, including Martín, were scheduled to come in a little later, so my mom and I were at the restaurant alone. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Nothing made sense, and I felt more alone than I had the entire year—like I might suddenly burst into tears if the wind picked up again and blew too hard in my face. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were several experienced verbal stunt pilots in the Glass family, but this last little remark perhaps Zooey alone was coordinated well enough to bring in safely over a telephone. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Baratheon brothers would drown each other in blood while her son faced the Lannisters alone, and nothing she could say or do would stop it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was all alone, and felt lonely and sad. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was left alone, standing at attention before Dad, who finally acknowledged my presence. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Matt was left alone, curled up in the middle of the floor, like the unnatural creature he was. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured she wanted the alone time, so I gave it to her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Realizing that I barely had enough money to pay for school supplies, let alone legal expenses, John suggested soliciting a big law firm because sometimes they do work pro bono. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Deborah fought back with fists and teeth, and soon the cousins left her alone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

That was when he relived the nightmare of the mauling and felt the ache of being alone, the fear, and yes, still, the anger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She was alone, it was getting cold at night, and no matter how fast she flew, Tally was trapped, and she knew it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Watching her all the way to the doors of the hotel, I’m sitting in the cab, alone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My mom was sprawled out alone on the bed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

On Beechwood summer fifteen, the aunties filled in for Gran, making slumps and fussing around Granddad as if he hadn’t been living alone in Boston since Tipper died in October. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But it snowed twenty inches the day before Essie went into labor, so when they called me, I went alone. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone wanted a place where they could be alone occasionally. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“And you live here in the Wood, alone?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And I was alone in the Big Woods without my gun. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow God allowed me to get through it—alone with him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yet when Precious Coins was about to be born and the hospital miles away with bombs falling like hailstones, it was Mother alone who soothed the frantic household and quietly delivered the baby. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

At meals with the aunts, on the boat with Granddad, even alone with Mummy—I behaved as if those two critical people had never existed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I feel so alone in this house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

That alone, she thought, was a sign she was headed down a rabbit hole. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the time she’d met him she’d begun to fear that she was retreating into her former self, before Paris—untouched, bookish, alone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

To one thing I have made up my mind: if we find out that Mina must be a vampire in the end, then she shall not go into that unknown and terrible land alone. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He had been trying, in his own way, to go about his plans alone. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What about that kid sitting alone in the library or out on the sidewalk? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lines of women waited before each closed door, old, young, medium, some alone, some with friends, some with children, one with a tiny baby that rode in a pouch on her chest. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to leave it alone, but I had to know if I was not okay. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

That familiar debate alone chewed up a good ten minutes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was just as blind to it all now as he stood alone. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Cinna and the prep team peel off to change into their own costumes and take their positions, leaving me alone. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He sat alone to await the dawn, and let them sleep a little longer. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were alone there, but probably for mere seconds. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

All alone in the cabin his mother lay waiting; not only for his return this morning, but for his surrender to the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had gone walking alone in those mountains over there to the North, had fallen down a steep place and hurt her head. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama did not come home that night, and Jaja and I had dinner alone. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fear alone made it possible; we should have run even if our feet had been shot off;—we would have run on the stumps. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave me alone for a while, Dana,” he said softly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I went over to his house. I told him to leave her alone.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There was no way I could do this alone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Then why wont he let me alone?” she says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was the cold storage cellar, standing quiet, alone behind the barn. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux emerged from behind TimeStar’s shoulder, peered at them all, and said, “The better question is if this was a trap, why would I come alone?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I cross my legs and pull my skirt down, and when I open my eyes, I’m alone again. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"If I were spending a month alone," Hannah said yesterday, "I would start a meditation practice. It's clinically proven to lower blood pressure and boost brain activity. It even helps your immune system." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Most of all I miss the outdoors and having a place where I can be alone for as long as I want! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Only, twenty minutes later, Dad came downstairs alone. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

All I could think about was getting Jeremy to leave me alone, once and for all. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He went to her house, at first with other officers from Camp Taylor, then alone. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to go out into that kitchen all alone, with all those doors?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mama doesn’t even stir when Charlie jumps on the bed, and she doesn’t say anything when I tell Charlie to leave my stuff alone. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Ay, Maria Luna,” Ultima interrupted, “you leave Antonio alone, please. Last night was hard for many men,” she said mysteriously and went to the stove where my father poured her some coffee. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after ten minutes alone in the dark street, a new emotion overtook him: panic. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Hazel, left alone, tried to understand what was needed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was having her dinner alone, and she came to the door with her napkin in her hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now—in the quiet, in the dark alone—I know what I will do. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He will be admitted along with our adult patients, not with the teenagers alone.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She shut the door behind us, leaving us alone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On the bus ride here, I sat alone. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Their laughter drowned out the loud groan from another table where Turtle sat alone, a transistor radio plugged in her ear. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winn 'Dixie couldn’t stand to be left alone; we found that out real quick. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two years later Messner silenced all doubters, moreover, by traveling to the Tibetan side of Everest and making another ascent sans gas—this time entirely alone, without the support of Sherpas or anybody else. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

That she would spurn me for leaving her alone in the woods. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had special cultivated flowers, grown for the house alone, in the walled garden. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re better off in a bunch of people than alone if they catch them,” 1 said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, at least this time he left our fence line alone,” said Perilee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He went to bed there early and slept alone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Passing by in the evenings, we saw Haldar sitting alone, swatting moths with the sole of his slipper. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When Fish tried to comfort her, she pushed him away and shrieked at him to leave her alone. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed carefully and found himself alone on the battlements of the inner wall, well away from the squires and their snowmen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Each time he was left alone, he mourned formally for a while but actually he felt a sense of relief. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dark, alone in my bed, I tried sucking a knuckle of my finger and pretending it was her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Not a cottage or a person was in sight, let alone a telephone. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she said, “Lupe, sounds to me like you were already alone.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Living alone on a mountain is not much different, except that your speaking voice gets rusty. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the day a decade ago when I came alone to go to the market for my boots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I knew I was going out ahead of my colleagues, I did not want to go too far ahead and find that I was all alone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let alone a woman that cant name the father of her own child.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would be alone together soon, with more contradictions—hilarity and sensuousness, desire and fear at their recklessness, awe and impatience to begin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He drove to the Cape alone, while Mr. Patterson picked me up from camp. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They can’t be with me, but that doesn’t mean I have to be alone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That night he sat alone by the stove in the dark room and remembered. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harmless when I’m alone, am If "To Renly!" she replied, laughing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko was left alone to ponder the object lying on the linoleum tile—toothy, scaly, and lifelike, except for the $3.95 price sticker glued to its snout. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be months before they were alone again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

"So, having found a lady, could you not have come to her aid, or left her alone? Why drag her into your foolishness?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When people used to see us alone, I’m sure they assumed I was adopted. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But Sam was now sorrowful at heart, and it seemed to him that if the parting would be bitter, more grievous still would be the long road home alone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They shouldn’t leave me alone with no one here to fetch me something if I need it.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he thought about it, he couldn’t suppress a secret pleasure at being alone in this small cozy car with Miss Edmunds. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Jesse Oliver! You leave that baby alone. Whatcha mean lying there in the middle of the floor doing nothing anyway? Didn’t I tell you I couldn’t cook supper before you chopped wood for the stove?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Mona, is that her name? Who would want to live out here alone?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is coordinated and used. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat alone, everything quiet except for the sound of cars and trucks passing by. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Khushal spends a lot of time alone in his room, wishing, I think, for his old life. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“McLaggen, will you pay attention to what you’re supposed to be doing and leave everyone else alone!” bellowed Harry, wheeling around to face his Keeper. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Read- ing and dancing in secret, alone in the house, living a life in dreams and fantasies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I gathered before I grabbed the keys and slipped out: she was alone and she was afraid. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to get jealous. Maybe I should leave you two alone.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

For days, they had kept a close watch on Herbie Haupt, leaving him alone to see if he would lead them to him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“My darling. You make me happy too. Happier than I have ever been. Now I don’t feel alone. Now I feel safe.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom offered to drive me, but I wanted some time alone with Harold. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I’m alone, I let the dishes accumulate in the sink, I allow colored fur to grow in jars of leftovers, I use up all my underpants before washing any of them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Under the moon, on the ground, alone, with not even the sound of baying dogs to remind him that he was with other people, his self—the cocoon that was “personality”—gave way. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let him alone, and he’ll generally snort and run from you on sight, the same as a deer. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Couldn’t Miss Adebayo understand that it was best to go back to Lagos and leave them alone? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But for some reason, when I was alone, I got more and more desperate to find something. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And it occurred to us that we might be too late, that soon we might be standing alone against the invincible Germans. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t out of the woods yet, but they weren’t alone. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even after finding Archer, she’d been so alone in this, muddling through the words, struggling to control the Vision, with no one to help her understand what was happening, what it meant. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Abraham and I were far from alone when we reached Pinyudu. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t go into the forest alone. It’s not just that criminal. Sometimes there are mountain lions in the area.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I thought about Charlie, alone in the house, and tried to be courageous. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Early in the evening, Oppenheimer climbed the steel tower alone. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The rest of the journey is for you alone.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He kept his chair well back, retired by the winebowl, for he alone could not abide their manners but sat in shame for all the rest. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why wont you let him alone, so I can have some peace. Give him the box and please go on and let him alone.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s threatening suicide unless I swear that my heart is hers alone.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing alone, Cole eyed the aluminum skiff sitting unguarded. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It is a way for black people to say “You are not alone, I am here too.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Frank protested, but Percy could tell they wanted some time alone. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I want to be alone with you,” he said. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It does look like they want to be alone, so I nod and follow Coach out of the hospital. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is a hell of a way to leave someone—sitting alone in a restaurant—just staring straight ahead, not even a book to keep me company. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Daddy stood back of it, alone, the way he usually did at home when friends came to call. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She could barely imagine having a baby, let alone giving one away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I tried going alone,” Mother said, “but I never really liked it. The minute I got into the woods it felt lonely, and I got scared and hurried back to Grandma.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not about to let him face his parents alone with this bad news. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Billy looked in, and there was Montana Wildhack alone on a bed, peeling a banana. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad goes upstairs to get Mom, so for one wonderful second I’m alone with my choice of pizza. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

They seemed to think that Spanish was the only language we could use, that Spanish alone permitted our close association. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice breaks when I think of Mami all alone with them right this moment. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I have no such recollection of ever having mistakenly engraved a name on any tombstone, let alone a name as ridiculous as Proky. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t blame them,” he was saying, “wanting to be alone. I’m an engaged man myself. I know how it is. The last leave—the only girl.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew he would be fearful, helpless, and alone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Like I always do when I’m alone these days. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He only thought, now, about the fact that he was alone with Hooper, and of what Hooper might do to him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I walked and didn’t look back he’d leave me alone. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he ever cried when he was alone, or if he ever called out for her, or if he was having dreams about her like I was every night. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Convinced that he alone remembers those days, and wants them back, aware of what it looked like but not at all of what it felt like, he coupled himself elsewhere. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m okay. It’s not like I’m afraid of being home alone,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Wednesday, I go alone to complete my work. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I've met four girls this month alone. It’s not my fault none of them is adequate.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The entire state of Idaho had one area code; the Chicago metro area alone had three. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intent was to hide my white mom and go it alone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a panic, lest he shift gears and drive away, leaving her alone in the street, Corinthians climbed up on the fender and lay full out across the hood of the car. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Facing the impossibility of finding anyone to intervene, convinced that her son would be shot at dawn, Úrsula wrapped up the things she wanted to bring him and went to the jail alone. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want us to have to admit that Mom would skin our hides into the next century if she found out we’d ever held any fireworks, let alone set them off. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The chaplain lived alone in a spacious, square tent that was also his office. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And at once he saw that they weren’t alone in this world, because the little spies were there, too, with their packs laid on the ground nearby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But they do let two women dine alone in peace. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have some food—you can take that if you’ll just leave us alone.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I know Coll and Dallben well. And they are too wise to let you wander here alone. Have you run off, then? I warn you; Dallben is not one to be disobeyed.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He was eating alone near some railroad tracks when migra agents grabbed him. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

A long way along the table, Hermione was sitting alone, playing with her stew. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But there were other mornings—mornings that always astonished me—when Dad huffed out the back door, alone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Otherwise you are alone, hidden away in your concrete box, week after week, month after month. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Very few girls I knew played marbles, let alone had a special marble collection like I did. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I've been alone since those two men put my mom in their car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And she had wept, in her great joy that the hand of God had changed her life, had lifted her up and set her on the solid rock, alone. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Mamá would want her to, more than ever now that she was alone. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

If the laws of science are unchanged by the combination of operations C and P, and also by the combination C, P, and T, they must also be unchanged under the operation T alone. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman looked exhausted, and she seemed to be alone. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She left us alone to roam the stacks. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gaston was in the station alone, eating boiled peanuts at his desk, when Brother Gerald and I came through the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very good. But that was the easy part, I’m afraid. You see, the word alone is not enough. And this is where you come in, Neville.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then the Girl's gone, and I'm left alone in the cell with the soldiers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Their display of white anger got so loud, so public, that Grandma wouldn't allow Conrad to play outside alone for any reason. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

How, when my parents were such masters of concealment that few knew what they looked like, let alone how to find them? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I have to talk to you alone,” he said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eating alone had reminded her of the days after her birthday, trapped as an ugly when everyone knew she should be pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the dream I was alone in a small wooden boat, hooked up to a humongous tarpon that was dragging me out to sea. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come on. You never wore anything like that before. I leave you alone for two weeks and you get all romantic?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Said Odysseus: “Run then, while I hold them off with arrows as long as the arrows last. When all are gone if I’m alone they can dislodge me.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our family had no piano and we couldn’t afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was definitely a job I couldn’t do alone. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Sister Bernadette warns him if he doesn’t mind his language they’ll put him in a ward alone and he says, Heavenly God, and that isn’t as bad as Jesus Christ so she’s satisfied. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I said what happened. Why does everybody keep bothering me? Just leave me alone,” I say to her. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fifty-four, Victarion thought sourly when they woke him, and she sails alone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Enrique also knows he is less likely to frighten people if he begs alone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He had probably started to talk aloud, when alone, when the boy had left. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t be able to intervene, to save me; the transgressions of women in the household, whether Martha or Handmaid, are supposed to be under the jurisdiction of the Wives alone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was all alone with Maria, being pulled through the halls to some place she’d decided was safe. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all, I wanted to be alone so I could search for the part of my life that existed before integration, the Melba I was struggling to hold on to. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They died, she lived, and she was here all alone. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“What are you looking at?” a voice asks from over my left shoulder as I watch him enter school alone. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

As I walked through the halls alone it seemed as if I were lost on an island, an island of strange people, having no way of communicating with them. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got on the train just before it started moving, and from my window seat, I watched Naomi standing alone on the platform until the train was out of sight. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Feeling like you’re alone even when you’re with other people. Apples. And your sister seems like a real gem,” he adds sarcastically. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She’d been wrong about something else, too: they were definitely not alone. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She led him to the middle of the dance floor, where they stood alone, people staring and snickering. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I could tuck tail and follow my tormenters back to town, or I could go ahead alone and lie to Dad about it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He’s not a match for one bully let alone three. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

If someone stops me because I’m alone, I’ll say my parents are waiting for me at the other end. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I'd thought my heart broke when he'd told me he didn't love me, that we were better off alone than together. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I’d thought of her as alone in the world except for me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s alone, they kept telling themselves, and surely she danced in no one’s arms, yet somehow that seemed to matter less and less. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I reckon he thinks my living alone in New York is ipso facto living in sin.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It’s also true that I’d felt sorry for the old man alone on the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"No. They've tried recruiting me before, but I prefer to work alone." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

All that mattered right now was that I wasn’t alone. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Someone who will not plead, or explain, or think he can alter my design with entreaties, because he alone really knows how I operate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm the first person to be alone on an entire planet. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That alone would be the biggest building in Forrestville by a wide margin. You getting excited yet?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The thought of being in this place, alone and clueless as to where they should go, in complete darkness, terrifies him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then neither of them would have to be alone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I got off at Druggers End and went round the back of the village hall and over the glebe, alone. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wished the stupid kid would leave me alone so I could let him stick his nose out and get some fresh air. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Layla smacked a kiss on Ivy’s cheek, and Mom swooped Aaron into her arms, and then Ivy was alone. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause, a sigh, and then something that sounded a lot like Be careful before she heard the sound of fading footsteps and knew she and the Shetani were alone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Instead of leaving us alone like any normal dad, he’s always asking us dumb questions about music, school, and boys. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And the truth was that I was nervous about being alone with Julia Bishop. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You leave him alone, Old Ragpicker! You shut up!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t even been able to catch his breath, let alone keep me from walking straight into his mind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Well, he got me out of town by a route which, if I could have remembered it, let alone followed it, would have made the path into the Labyrinth at Knossos seem like a throughway. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a little shrimp of a thing. How could you do the work of one of my servants, let alone nine of them?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I used to ask my mom if it was hard for her to raise me alone without a husband. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And after almost four years, I had gotten used to being alone. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could only imagine why she wanted me all alone. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The best thing he could do was to leave that crazy girl alone. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be alone, or with someone I did not know, like the coast-guard. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“She survived alone for nine days, Mom. Made it through a brush fire.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Alex is—two words that told a few million kids across America they weren’t alone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But this time Carmen was all alone in the raging flood. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

When David was three and started coming to the clinic for occupational therapy, I tagged along because I was too little to stay home alone. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blum’s store was small and Blum was alone, but Bigger could not think of robbing him without being flanked by his three pals. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“These idiots came up and made fools of themselves,” said Adams, when she just wanted to be left alone. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She imagined herself alone and shriveled in her mother’s womb, envisioned the first days in her mother’s unyielding arms. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had she been standing with Sigurd, or did he appear to her because she was all alone? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But at any rate he had the appearance of being a person that you could talk to, if somehow you could cheat the telescreen and get him alone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

For the supernaturally inclined, the death of the jury foreman alone offered sufficient proof. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There I found him, lying in the back of the cave, alone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Casimiro, let us alone. I need to speak with your conspirators here.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Whenever she cracked one system, more challenging ones rose to take its place—and day after day, she was forced to grapple with them alone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There’s no denying how completely empty the room is, how alone I am, how marooned. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“That alone shows you how strong we are,” he said. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“Leave them alone, dude,” said Amos, with Miles and Henry right behind him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But once she left the Bean Bar, Bridge couldn’t re- member exactly when she’d walked home alone in the dark before. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

You say you and your pa was out here alone?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“His stench alone is enough to kill a man.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There the Graces bathed and anointed her with golden oil—a bloom that clings upon immortal flesh alone—and let her folds of mantle fall in glory. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that she felt alone with Bitter and Aloe—it was just quieter in their house, with the three of them when they had been three, before she chose Pet and separated herself. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Miss Kate, I sure will let it alone. I don’t feel good.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the same instant this thought hit him, he realized the odds were much better than even that the gunman across the valley was not alone. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up toward the bridge and saw Alaska sitting on one of the blue chairs at the Smoking Hole, and though I’d thought I wanted to be alone, I found myself saying, “Hey.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t be alone,” she said, oddly breathless. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Here again we are reminded that in nature nothing exists alone. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Only Miss Brent remained alone sitting erect in her chair. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Finally she goes back into her own house, leaving me alone. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He came alone, wearing his silver sword and haubergeon of black iron scales. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There may be a million worlds in the Milky Way Galaxy alone that at this moment are inhabited by beings who are very different from us, and far more advanced. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she was never left alone, the older woman even milling about in the hallway outside the bathroom when she went in. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Seven weeks she had in this world and died in the middle of the night, alone, Mrs. Leibowitz, all alone in that pram. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Every two or three weeks. It’s pretty lonesome here, a man living alone.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Auditorium alone had taken nearly three years to build and driven Louis Sullivan to the brink of physical collapse. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’m betting he’s at least eighteen, betting he stands alone at parties leaning against walls, knocking back shots while long-legged girls in fire-engine red mini-dresses slink up to him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Our sponsor takes me to register for school alone. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Pretty much everyone else she’d ever known had died; he was a scrap left over for her to take, the alternative to being forever alone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Out of love for Lyra, Lanre had sought knowledge where knowledge is better left alone, and gained it at a terrible price. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Nearly a dozen people had been lynched in Monroe County alone since its incorporation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Plus, it seems like a safe enough answer to make her leave me alone until the bell rings. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes and looked about, but he was alone. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He walked alone, on the other side, and I must not come to him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The only place we could be alone was outside under the sun or the stars. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was alone, as was the old man in front who cupped his face in his hands while he prayed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world left him thoroughly alone in this, although Ishmael and two other boys were hired that June to clean the cages with wire brushes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"She doesn't need to know you're traveling with a guy. And especially not a black guy," she says when we're alone. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Advocates of “co-sleeping,” meanwhile, warn that sleeping alone is harmful to a baby’s psyche and that he should be brought into the “family bed.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They were alone in Henry’s house when the first disaster happened. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sorry for Travis, the youngest and most tender of the bunch, who ate alone and cast piteous, moony looks at Lula. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was as if he stood alone on top of the world. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“These buildings, this hall, this dream of poets of centuries is the wild aspiration of crazy architects alone.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I liked that she left me alone like that. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like Ralph and Helen to leave Mona and Callie alone — Theresa found the girls tossing tin foil balls to the cats. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jemmy now stood alone—it seemed hours— while the king gazed at him. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful was alone, the only peregrine falcon in the Catskills who had not migrated. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was no time to think, and I already felt my father’s hand press against mine: we were alone. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neville was standing alone, halfway up the passage, staring at the stone wall opposite him with the same horrified, wide-eyed look he had worn when Moody had demonstrated the Cruciatus Curse. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Say I was divorced, or living alone, or had no children. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kit often shivered, alone in that cabin with the wind howling outside and no one to speak to for weeks on end but the cat and the goats. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up in bed, feeling battered and alone. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I felt as though he’d torn me open with his words alone, exposing me to the world in all my ugliness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He found the divine nymph alone; Odysseus as usual was on the sandy shore letting his salt tears flow while he gazed at the empty sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever has to do these things alone. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

If we could bribe servants not to tell, play our parts before relations, before Beatrice, and then when we were alone sit apart in our separate rooms, leading our separate lives. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

That first day alone, there were seven hundred and eighty-three people late to work because they had stopped to listen to Chester. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Ess, no, no, I’m not. I just...I’m tired, and want to take a walk alone.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When we got to the twins’ apartment we were relieved to find Charles there, alone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It has never been determined whether his assassin, a white petty criminal named James Earl Ray, acted alone, as he claimed, or as part of a conspiracy. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, you have this headstrong child who’s determined to be alone...Dimple began to cry, her breath hitching, her nose plugged. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By repeatedly rebuffing the friendly advances of her new Wizarding neighbors, she soon ensured that her family was left well alone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Ripper can have some tea out of my saucer,” said Aunt Marge as they all proceeded into the kitchen, leaving Harry alone in the hall with the suitcase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Ugh, we shouldn’t let her go in there alone. Come on,” Seven said, and they slowly walked, side by side, into the Cursed Forest. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

How we were basically alone since we were kids. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had never in her life felt so alone. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It is the best solution he can come up with, knowing that in a few weeks the circus will be hundreds of miles away, leaving him alone in London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Like Keav, I am alone here, even though I eat the same food and sleep in the same hut with eighty girls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really worry about her. It doesn’t help, her being alone all the time.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You lean against the schoolyard fence alone with your eyes closed as if no one was watching, as if no one could see you standing there, Sally. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dreamed of Marcus sitting alone in his prison cell at the end of a long hallway. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The last thing we see is Gale, alone on the street, trying to shoot through the cables that hold Mitchell aloft. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After he died, Vincent van Gogh was remembered by Zundert neighbors as both the boy who took long walks alone on the heath and the boy who stayed inside reading all the time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Setting up the men on his tiny board, he’d play game after game alone, first assuming the white side and then spinning the board around, with some pieces often tumbling onto the floor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, and before I can even shake it again, Jasmine’s turned her back on me and marched down the hallway, leaving me alone with the colors that’re already starting to fade. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I hate eating lunch alone too, and I knew that was the polite thing to say. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she crawled out of bed, long moments later, she was alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After it being just the four of us alone for so long, suddenly being around so many people, even if they were kids like us, was a little stressful. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After we had been alone awhile we were glad to see the others again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She never went anywhere alone and was surrounded by Farsi speakers at all times. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Annabeth volunteered to go alone since she had the cap of invisibility, but I convinced her it was too dangerous. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think about accepting the offer, but honestly, I’d rather be alone right now. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to end up alone.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But Luke was alone when I found him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hurried home, and when I could get Ultima alone I told her what had happened. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would I be the only one left, alone with the bald man? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Jack goes inside alone to get us checked in, and returns to the car with an abnormally serious look on his face. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Desperate, yet no longer alone after that day, because we’d found each other. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Would it be better if I went alone?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Gardiner’s caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone; after honestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

‘You shall have an hour, and you shall be alone. We will stay here for a while. But do not stray far or out of call.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would have, but she said to him in a voice cold as metal, “I said leave me alone!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time we’ve been alone since her house, and if I say something, it’ll only add to the weirdness I’m not imagining. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When everyone has said his or her piece, they sit down again, leaving Johanna alone in the center of the room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of collecting any keepsakes, Viesturs sat down next to Fischer during the descent and spent a few minutes alone with him. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In a sea of jostling students, I felt all alone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, from his vantage point, it looked as if maybe his boys and the Brits were all alone out front, duking it out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And I suffered all the more because I believed I was alone.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I need information she alone possesses,” Gwydion said quickly. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Later, he and Gwydion spent several hours alone, for there were important matters Gwydion would reveal only to the old enchanter. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The trees closing over my head in the Amazon furo made me feel the presence of something beyond myself, an intuition shared by almost everyone who has walked in the woods alone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I thought Viola should give up and leave them alone, but I reconsidered after discovering that the black pepper in the egg salad was not pepper at all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I felt terrified to be alone and I ran for the door, as though I’d seen a millipede skitter across the rug. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

By 1610 Britain alone had about two hundred vessels operating off Newfoundland and New England; hundreds more came from France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

During those rare moments when I sat alone in my room among my stuffed animals, I daydreamed about Vince and what it would be like to be his ordinary girlfriend and have real dates. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly hated him again, this time even more, but in a minute he was walking alone up the hill—littler—and littler—and the three sat silently, watching him. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We were alone out there, too far from the road to hear anything but wind. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if there were anything these Ekumens wanted from us, they wouldn’t have sent you alone. It’s a joke, a hoax. Aliens would be here by the thousand.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

They could see for miles in the moonlight; they were utterly alone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She paused to let the Inspector imagine the horrors that could be visited by a sex-crazed Paravan on three women alone in a house. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I worried whether Autumn was safe alone with my mother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Lying around like a freeloader, watching Pa march out into the fields alone. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was like they sat alone on Douglas firs. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t live with you. I live alone.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Anyway, she came home, and the four of us left them alone and hid in Will’s room. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

On foot now, he ran along the mountain path, following the footsteps that he alone could see. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Tonight, I wish to be alone in the garden with the moon. Have a meal brought to me in the Clasping the Moon Pavilion and do not disturb me until morning.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She’d never seen a dead body before, let alone so many. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

If he could get her alone and explain how he was different from all other clones, she would understand. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began watching her like a hawk, expecting to catch her eating things alone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my father, respecting my grandmother’s last wishes, left Gerald alone to the justice system, which ended up sending him to prison for eighteen months. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Lannister. I didn't see—I mean, I thought I was alone." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She could have left me alone with my sisters. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had merely requested that they leave Harry alone, that nobody ask him questions or badger him to tell the story of what had happened in the maze. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Arm continued to praise the sacred grove, and presently he became aware that he was not alone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I want to go yell at the driver, but I don’t want to leave her alone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Cole’s mother arrived alone and seated herself on his right. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And one evening, in the middle of the night, Ba woke up alone in bed to a voice calling. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

They walked into the arena and found Laura Friendly standing in the middle of the basketball court alone. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gave in after a while, and kids started leaving me alone. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I was growing up, I had no idea that I would ever have a story worth telling, let alone one people might want to read or listen to. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

They knelt alone in the hushed dimness of the sept, surrounded by shadows and flickering candles, but even so Lancel kept his voice low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"My nephew is not fit to sit a privy, let alone the Iron Throne." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So I will say it is the first I have baked alone, and the first in this oven, and it came out perfect. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If you find it a breeze to write a simple sentence, but start hyperventilating when a few bells and whistles are added, you’re not alone. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had waited so long for his breakthrough, despaired so many times, and he just wanted to be alone for a little while with a pencil and some paper and a calculator and no talking. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m a writer. I like doing things alone.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I'm out in public, but I am completely alone. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frey walked alone into Odin’s hall and clambered up onto the Hlidskjalf, the throne from which Odin could see everything that happened across the nine worlds. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Omakayas could feel in her heart what it was like for that baby, for herself, all alone with the dead, with her mother, walking from those she loved as though walking stone to stone. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sophie’s father claps, like always, only this time, he’s not alone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Ares didn’t act alone. Someone else—something else— came up with the idea.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I am always afraid of being alone,” Eleanor said, and wondered, Am I talking like this? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let the poor little beast alone. I want to talk to you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Sandleford warren no rabbit of his age would have been asked to tell a story, except perhaps to a few friends alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m not standing alone in a hallway of sleeping people, like I thought. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now whether the tears would have alone moved Wang Lung he did not know, but he was moved, by the words of his son when he said “the great house of the Hwangs.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I heated the big kettle of water and poured it into the galvanized tub and sat in it like a scalded potato, alone in this world, just crying. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if the Rohirrim at their onset were thrice outnumbered by the Haradrim alone, soon their case became worse; for new strength came now streaming to the field out of Osgiliath. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They suggested that the big bang might be a peculiarity of Friedmann’s models alone, which after all were only approximations to the real universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave him alone. He stays out of trouble and he’s a decent student.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We each grabbed a belt but left the jewelry alone. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

For the few months before his graduation, Dad would not leave him alone about it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I felt alone for a few seconds, like I did that time I lost Mom in the mall when I was five. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I am leaving her alone. I am just asking if she prayed today,” Uncle Iman said, and they all walked into the kitchen. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The four of them left Ron’s room and went back downstairs to find Mrs. Weasley alone in the kitchen, looking extremely bad-tempered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After a few days, he realized she had recognized him, but he did not abandon his precaution of keeping her blindfolded, even when they were alone. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The momma turtles down here don’t have lots of options, so we leave them alone. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I have to hope that they got the information they needed with Len, and when we go out again, we'll be alone. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was alone, out of the cold, and one step closer to completing my mission. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We could have won games on her cheering alone. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Some fall crawling in the dirt of Forrestville, Tennessee, in the dark, impossibly young and alone, for no good reason at all. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know whether to be pleased or annoyed, but he clicked his tongue and the wagon pulled away, leaving her alone in her new life. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am no longer all alone among strangers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived alone, in a nondescript apartment near his lab in London, and in a spare, white modernist cottage that he had built for himself in Brighton. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When I am alone in the dark counting my breaths, is she doing the same in the darkness of her room, wondering...was it all worth it? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Hey, you! You scruffy, one-eyed vermin! Remove this net and face me alone! We’ll see who ends up on their knees!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The whole Pacific Ocean was meant to be theirs alone. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The voices cease and the violin continues alone. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I talked about it in select company but seldom thought of it when alone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Cofield returned alone, the staff refused to give him the records because he wasn’t a doctor or a relative of the patient. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“In their youth, mortals behave more like nymphs. Adulthood seems impossibly distant, let alone the enfeeblement of old age. But ponderously, inevitably, it overtakes you. I find it a frustrating, humbling, infuriating experience.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

On the morning of the last day Frodo was alone with Bilbo, and the old hobbit pulled out from under his bed a wooden box. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know the way. I can’t escape alone. Come with me, please.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The men in suits drive away and the stable man says he has to wait for the lorry to take Finn away, he can’t leave him alone or the rats will be at him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t know where I’m going. Leave me alone. I’m tired.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A fifteen-year-old girl in a bright blue coat traveling alone might have stood out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice, although we were alone in the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His last thought was how generous they had become, sending him to the L.A. depot alone, finally allowing him to die. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It says, He alone is to be thanked for the fact that, for German children, a German life has once again become worth living. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“As it happens, I don’t mind being alone with you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was only when we were entirely alone that Bear ended his dancing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The greeting done, I sat to enjoy a light breakfast alone with Sumac. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Out of nowhere I felt incredibly alone and lost on the bus, and I had no idea what I was doing or why or which way was which. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He also got a devoted nurse who would not leave him alone for a night because it made him anxious. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few years into Pauline Hawthorne’s career, her photographs had been selling for tens of thousands—quite a lot for a photographer of that time, let alone a woman. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Your Highness and Your Highness’s army will all move forward together, but you will meet and speak with the Evil One alone. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

All Thomas wanted right then was for night to fall, so he could be alone, go to sleep. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Seeing Ruth there, alone under the tarp, waiting, just sort of staring out at the bustle on the deck, made me feel really sad for her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I caressed him, and he wagged his great tail; but he looked an eerie creature to be alone with, and I could not tell whence he had come. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Obviously, she didn’t want me to be alone, because she thought it wasn’t safe. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She waited for Neeley, not wanting to go out to Mama alone. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy, frightened at being alone, came up with the children to sleep in Jenny’s room each night. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She and Bobby both realized that living alone gave him more time to study according to his own time and pace, but Ginzburg’s negative interpretation of their relationship was totally incorrect. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were concerned that my stand-out-in-a-crowd face might make me afraid to go out in public, let alone do things like talk to people. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“This is preferable to spending the evening alone, is it not?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sitting alone in my room, I couldnt stop thinking how Governor Faubus would for certain have to be in that courtroom. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And honestly, I just want to be alone. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The railroads usually ran through the flat silent countryside where the boy could walk alone with his terrifying thoughts. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you couldn’t go off and leave a six-year-old alone, in the woods, in a strange place. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She made it here alone, with only a bunch of gibberish directions to guide her.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So while I trod the dirty road, alone among strangers, my thoughts pursued a primrose-strewn path. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Shasta had so enjoyed his dinner and all the things Tumnus had been telling him that when he was left alone his thoughts took a different turn. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Now that she was alone, our robot didn’t know what to do with herself. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was alone most of the time because Father was out of sight somewhere up the road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered all the times he didn’t come home until after dark, all the times I ate dinner alone. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Janie laughed at all these well-wishers because she knew that they knew plenty of women alone; that she was not the first one they had ever seen. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t earn enough working in Kilvin’s shop to pay back Devi at the end of the month, let alone make enough for tuition too. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I’ll be able to sleep in his office, but I would like some time alone, so I say, “Thanks.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my mother used it to buy food and pay our rent and utilities, there was no money for breakfast tea, let alone alcohol. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In contrast to this, the Office of Vital Statistics records 33 deaths in 1959 alone from the sting of bees and wasps. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Count, however, entered the dining car alone. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

By saying the following: “I need to do this alone.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was as if Mini’s thoughts alone had stopped her: If you attack, he’ll kill us. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The blind man was alone now, with his fear, since Leader had gone. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, David had made the journey to and from Tally’s city dozens of times, alone and with inexperienced uglies in tow. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He's suggesting that we think about nature as a way to be alone. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Elizabeth, “I will go, although she is guilty; and you, Victor, shall accompany me; I cannot go alone.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turns and leaves me alone in my room. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m really scared to be alone at college.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

If our house had been shaking, protected as it was in the middle of the village, imagine the Captain’s, hanging there alone so near the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will told him most of what had happened, leaving out only what concerned him alone: his mother, the man he killed, his father. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But today he stood alone by the window, face pale and eyes wide. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Did Your Honor give permission for him to be alone with my young lady?” she asked sharply. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In a few paces he was alone, and a few more brought him to the top of the slope. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silence and solitude: she might have been alone in the world. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though his instructions seem meant for the class, he looks at Werner alone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So Marina made her first-ever parachute jump, alone, into the middle of the Siberian forest. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Deborah would later say that it was Henrietta warning him to leave her family alone, because he was about to tell them something upsetting. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But when she sat alone her face looked cheerless and forlorn, full of tears waiting patiently to fall. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Suppose in a little while Frank came back to Manderley, alone? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was alone in the surgery and still sleeping. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel needed to explain, she needed to say something, because maybe Susan didn’t realize it, maybe Susan thought she was alone, too. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And he had come, eventually, to love the crippled girl called Kira, who had never known her father, and whose mother had died suddenly and left her alone. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Gatsby is alone when the book begins, and he dies alone, with his life exposed as a sham and almost no one to come to his funeral. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Otherwise she would have added, And you leave Mrs. Baylor's son alone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

For having to do what I have to do next, which is figure out all the ways to not be completely alone. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She left them standing in the hallway, alone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Did you know there are thirty-seven varieties of hydrangea in Crawford County alone?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But when she opened her eyes, she was still alone in the middle of a vast lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the end of the week, after I’d cried and told Mom how alone I felt, Mom called the office and told them we had a family emergency. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At school I felt alone most of the time, but I did get some attention from my classmates because I did well in math. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Luckily for Oppenheimer, he was not in the fight alone. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could we really be safe if we were alone, in a strange country? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when she was alone in the house, she took the phone over to her bed and listened to the dial tone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember Don Pedro, standing alone at the end of the play?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I sluice off in my bath and then, alone in my room, unpack my schoolbag. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For now, we were content to leave each other alone. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Cleaner than I’d been in years, I didn’t want to touch them, let alone wear them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Was there any kind of filth with which he had not besmirched himself, any sin and folly which he had not committed, any stain upon his soul for which he alone had not been responsible? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to feel as if I were alone again after all. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was also a surprise to see that she was not alone in her frame. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But she would not let Tayo go outside or play in another room alone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I woke up to Dad sitting at the kitchen table alone. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Nathan sit down at his own table, eating alone. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Soon or late the day is coming, Tyrant Xian shall be o’erthroum, And the fruitful fields of England Shall be trod by beasts alone. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

They were probably afraid something crazy would happen if they left me alone in the house with all my mysterious happiness. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her breathing slows, I doze off, and when I open my eyes again, I’m alone in my bed, left to wonder if it happened at all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He counted to ten and I listened carefully; then he asked me to count alone and I did. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to write in my diary, and my sister's presence is the next best thing to being alone. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would, if she could have chosen, sat out the break in the window alcove, but that would leave her alone on the floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He scratches his nose with his knuckle, laughs uncomfortably, and leaves me alone with the shoe box. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She still believes that if we do what they want, they’ll get bored and leave us alone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had let his love, a tender maiden, come alone to a place full of danger, and not been there first to protect her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are enough antiques for sale along the roads of New England alone to furnish the houses of a population of fifty million. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind cycles through visions: my mom alone in my white room wondering where everyone she’s ever loved went. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I’m fine. Please leave me alone. I want to rest.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ramo therefore would have to become a man sooner than if we were not alone, since I would need his help in many ways. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone on earth, they’d tell us, was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even turn it down, let alone off. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Not his ascendancy alone, however, held me in thrall at present. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Often at night there is lightning, but it quivers all alone. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

For nearly a year I have been here alone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If sold individually—there were thousands of games, according to Bobby—or as one large cache to a collector, the value of these score sheets alone would have totaled somewhere around $100,000. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined her sitting in the living room, alone, doing her crossword puzzle. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kathy would return home and discover to his dismay that the only room in which he could be alone was his kitchen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You cursed me and my mother? You left us alone?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

If she hates me for that alone, it's reason enough. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That glory would be his, and his alone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

No one said a word, but we all knew that WDFD’s signal barely reached across the state, let alone the continent. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It means she was not alone,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And so, after shopping, he sets off, alone, for the Louvre, a destination he’s put off until now. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom stands alone in our tiny kitchen, trying to cook dinner. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, though, she left him alone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ranofer stood alone in the dark courtyard, holding his piece of bread. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Making the Olympic team would have been an amazing triumph for that reason alone. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t like that so I stare at them and hope they get the message to leave her alone. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember when you and Uncle Jimmy left me there alone? I filled up bags of food for us, but I also tore off some instant tickets and put them in my pocket.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maniac drifted from hour to hour, day to day, alone with his memories, a stunned and solitary wanderer. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poetess lived alone and shaped her time and activities carefully in order to meet the heavy demands of artistic responsibility. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They chose ten treehouse drawings, along with a new drawing of Ivy all alone, which would be at the center. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to leave you here alone,” Erin said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, I spend my weekends alone, holed up in a room with my Singer sewing machine. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want my baby and me to be alone, like Gloria and Angel. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, when Helen had gone back to Arlington and Mrs. Croft and I were alone again, I began to worry. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It better not be at my house since I’m home alone! A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She was able to tune out the noise, and she liked being left alone for the last two hours of every day. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t want to take that picture and she didn’t want to sit there. Leave her alone!” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was never alone, ever, especially not with a man, and especially not lying down. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I was happy to be back, I felt a sense of guilt at the sight of my mother living all alone in such poor circumstances. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come off it, you don’t think we’d let you go alone?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The king approved, but a week or so before the visit I received a letter from him saying I must come alone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said no brave and reassuring words, he simply sat alone and rocked himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Capricorn alone seemed to feel nothing of the magic. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’ll just leave you two alone then. I’m going to head back upstairs, I guess.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

‘It cannot be done alone. We must have power from everywhere. Even the power we can get from the whites.’ Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only a matter of time before he catches me alone, before he comes home late at night drunk again. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of woman would leave a boy alone in the world? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I can fake being normal, as long as Emery doesn’t leave me alone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Soon Myrna’s brutal social manner had driven my courtiers from the table, and we were left alone, all cold coffee and hot words. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The things I went through were mine alone,” he replied, not looking me in the eye. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Hope pestered me about it for a while, but when I told them to leave it alone, they didn’t make a big deal about it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She was wrenched out of the icy landscape and back into her body, where she was sitting in the empty practice hall, alone on her cushion. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall told Harry to wait and left him there, alone. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, boy, I reckon I'm nervous sending you out alone with a bunch of yahoos.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I follow her, the dew cool against my feet the soft hush of wind through leaves my mother and I alone together. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Liyana felt sneaky, but relieved to have a few moments alone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Bridge sat alone backstage in the auditorium, hunched over her phone. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“No. His guards never leave him and they take him out to silflay alone.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had nursed my parents, and knew I was alone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Playing cards in Park's kitchen, even if his mom was in there, was better than just sitting in the living room, thinking about all the things they'd be doing if they were alone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So I was unprepared when Edmund, whom I considered a common bully, began to present a more menacing aspect to me alone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"But what does this school think, sending children like you alone to a foreign country?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Not Gwystyl! Why, he wouldn’t have done the least thing for us—until Doli threatened to squeeze him! Gwystyl! All he wanted was to be let alone and hide in his wretched burrow!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped out the door, leaving him alone in the quiet apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The swirl and the excitement quickly fade until it’s me alone in the men’s room. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m well protected here. There are eight bodyguards on my premises alone.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No longer did Stargirl eat lunch—or walk the hallways or do anything else at school—alone. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“He is gone, while I alone lay lingering here.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care if he grew up on Pluto, let alone some hippie commune. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

And I am left alone with this cold personage holding the machete. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had started out being sixty seconds alone with the candy counter; now it was one large pizza per week for a whole year. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went to Mexico, Sook’s and clubs whose names changed every week—and he was not alone. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off toward the river he again noticed the young soldier standing alone at the center of the field. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the door, left her alone with her suitcase and her flowers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Derek hadn’t said anything and I figured he was in a bad mood or something so I left him alone. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She walked away from me, leaving me alone with my anger and resentment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I think he wanted to be alone, or, I should say, without us. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You alone?” the driver says, taking the paper ticket from my outstretched hand. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The charm of adventure sweetens that sensation, the glow of pride warms it; but then the throb of fear disturbs it; and fear with me became predominant when half-an-hour elapsed and still I was alone. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was still an asshat, but alone he was more Blue Eyes than jerk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He was notoriously aggressive, his manner eventually becoming so intimidating that his closest collaborator, a gentle man named Walter Baade, refused to be left alone with him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She wiped her eyes, but the tears kept coming as she went step by step, alone, to the car. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s a deep bass, all alone with a smooth, beautiful violin above it and something that sounds like chimes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She felt so much alone that she sought the useless company of her husband, who had been forgotten under the chestnut tree. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then he walked alone to the Column and climbed up it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

As he poured two cups of hot tea he said, “I required time alone with the spirits. That time has now passed. All will be fine. The rains will come.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But they relied on sight alone—all their other senses being so weak—so if they did not see him when they returned, they might leave again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It is always a shock to discover that you are being watched when you think you are alone. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Today Ms. Gruwell and I were not on the same continent, let alone the same page. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

So I wanted to go, but I was not about to go alone and look like a dork. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Lester was all right, but he wasn’t alone in the truck. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She closed the door behind her to leave Nicole and me alone. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

You are here and about to be stranded terrifyingly alone. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if I talk to Coach alone?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stands in the foreground looking alone, almost as if someone pasted her into the photo after the fact. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Had they already fled the Smoke, leaving her there to face this invasion alone? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But unlike the church, which stood alone, this building was hemmed in close on either side by ordinary structures. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he reached them, Luciana gave him a forceful, unexpected shove that carried them both well beyond the table, so that they were still alone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Yes, he had wanted to convince Mr. Curtain he was working alone, had wanted to take suspicion off the children. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jones leads a life that Ashoke’s mother would consider humiliating: eating alone, driving herself to work in snow and sleet, seeing her children and grandchildren, at most, three or four times a year. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He certainly didn't sound like an engineer; yet he alone was on duty. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know, there’s this weird moment where you realize that you’re alone, and no one else has been walking for a while. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a third or half a trillion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy alone, could ours be the only one accompanied by an inhabited planet? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, the Armada had begun to split, with only the Prince’s giant ship sailing alone closest to the coastline, looking for a landing possibility. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

These young monks hadn’t noticed the children and were laughing about whatever young men laugh about when they think they are alone. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Popular girls and the girls that sat alone. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Before they reached Nausicaä’s home, however, that discreet maiden directed Odysseus to fall back and let her and the girls go on alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said, Do not mama me. Just leave my son alone. Tell your fellow witches that you did not find him!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He found himself alone in a white wilderness, walls of snow looming up to either side of him chest high. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The Grand Princess was widowed and alone with her very young son, the future tsar,” Misha continued. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Biff was alone again and he gave the restaurant one of his quick, thorough surveys. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The many years in seal camp alone with Kapugen had been dear and wonderful, but she realized now that she had lived a strange life. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They may have been no more than sharp ridges in the walls of the passage, but to the slave, alone and frightened in the dark, they seemed alive and snapping. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered why he kept them at all, let alone in an otherwise empty formal living room. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She had often gone home alone late at night when working on the night shift, she explained. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m the only one sitting alone, under the glowing neon sign which reads, “Complete and Total Loser, Not Quite Sane. Stay Away. Do Not Feed.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The mistress of the local inn was at first shocked to see a young girl traveling alone and then solicitous. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When we finish the verse, she lets me continue the song alone and steps away from my shadow. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even if I work full-time all summer and with the money I’ve already saved, I won’t have enough to live on in New York for three months, let alone pay for school. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I try not to resent his freedom to race downstairs and stride alone to the train station. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Get me to the helm, quick! The coach is up there alone.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No dancing unless I’m alone in my room or it's pitch-black dark. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere out there, standing alone in the bow, she scattered his ashes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a short time the twins were not only let alone but got themselves a certain reputation for smartness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can imagine that a moment later she was running off to the bathroom to be alone. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped up and shouted: “Shut up! Leave him alone! He can’t understand. He can’t help what he is... but for God’s sake, have some respect! He’s a human being!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The school was far across town and the walking distance alone consumed my breakfast of mush and lard gravy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking in the forest with Connor was almost like walking alone. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It was better to go alone on such a personal errand. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought alone makes me sick to my stomach. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He looks away, distant again, but I’m grateful to him anyway, because for the first time since the raid, I feel less alone. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he was a little boy again, alone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I felt resentful... abandoned... alone ... sad... scared .. . and furious. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

If you want a day alone, you will obviously have to get out of the apartment. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, he pretty much leaves me alone until the berries come up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I grab a red plastic cup from a nearby table, pour myself some cranberry juice, and start dancing alone like the girl near the fireplace. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was alone then with the fog of his breath in the lantern light and the crates of maritime records. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

England is by no means alone in its problem of protecting birds from treated seeds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The boy offered his bottle, hoping that the old man would leave him alone. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you leave my sister alone. You try that with the advertising again, and I’ll take her with me.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Danny’s father was forever silent, withdrawn, his dark eyes turned inward, brooding, as if witnessing a sea of suffering he alone could see. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Edie marches off down the hall, leaving me alone to wonder what exactly just happened. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She turns away from me and looks into the ashes in the range but I won’t leave her alone because I had my pint, two pints, and I’m sixteen tomorrow, a man. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The first time I was alone in your apartment, I looked in your address book to see if you’d written me in. I think we’d known each other two weeks.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

So every day that week right after lunch he took the subway to Manhattan, and I went alone to the library to be with Danny. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were six of them below me on the slope, each sitting alone like a great chief, watching his herd of cows and babies. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet she came crying to Tom to tell me to leave her alone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time I could recall, I was alone. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That must have been creepy,” David said, his voice pulling her away from uncomfortable thoughts, “being alone in the orchids for all those days, just waiting.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“But where are the adults? You don’t tell me the whole world is full of children alone?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Him always running off alone any chance he gets. Tom!” she called. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of a property company, either, let alone one that might realistically be hiring. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghost was not like to be alone down there, he thought. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. I got the impression she was planning to spend Christmas alone, actually.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And being alone was just what I needed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He could barely rely on his mom long enough to get to practices and meets, let alone a trip to a state that seemed halfway around the world. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t kidding about what I said to Charlie—I really did; want to be left alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Three little girls all alone? For ten days? In the winter? Where are they? Are they still in Kiev?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Do African Americans want to pressure Obama on any issue, let alone issues of race? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The whole time I felt so alone because of my vitiligo, I never even thought about talking to someone else who had it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He’s alone in the world, and I know that he’s often been lonely. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He was lonely for his wife’s company and political advice: “I want to sit and converse with you about our debates every evening. I sit here alone and brood over political probabilities and conjectures.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Soviet fighter pilots were alone in their single-seat planes, but they typically flew in pairs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

For a half hour after that, I kneel alone on the floor in the dormitory and scrub at Edward’s blood. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Fine. But remember—if we win, you have to leave the books alone.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly one of these gypsies in trembling opal, seizes a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and moving her hands like Frisco dances out alone on the canvas platform. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

‘I know that haste is needed, yet I cannot choose. The burden is heavy. Give me an hour longer, and I will speak. Let me be alone!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“There was no one with Rebecca, she was alone,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But growing up he liked to spend much of his time alone. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We slept when we were tired and if we woke the other one woke too so one was not alone. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Adam, give him your blessing. Don’t leave him alone with his guilt. Adam, can you hear me? Give him your blessing!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he was alone; then the door opened and O’Brien came in. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I could have spoken up, “I want to sit on the low stool in Big Mama’s kitchen with my lap full of lilacs and listen to Big Papa play his violin for me alone.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he must prove to himself that he could get by, somehow, alone in this place. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She ignored the manual’s suggestion that she write the Kodak Company for its helpful book How to Make Good Pictures and went by instinct alone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Leave her to drift and die alone on the ocean. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the girl was still alone when Winston secured his tray and began to make for her table. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

You realize that the moment, the exact moment, when you became alone is already over. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But some figures stood alone, isolated by blank space like tents pitched on winter slopes or lampposts on white roads. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As he opened the window and watched Nipper fly off, he knew something else: He could no longer bear this alone. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

And then one morning, all alone, Mary Anne walked off into the mountains and did not come back. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let him alone,” said Hazel, before Bigwig could speak again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the chair, perched really, suddenly thinking that, from reading a City Paper ad, she was now alone with a strange man in the basement of a strange house in America. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

All this requires vast amounts of energy —the little packets of ATP which the turning of the metabolic wheel alone can produce. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was not alone in having lost his faith during those days of selection. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama, Mama, leave me alone! Leave me alone!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Sydelle couldn't trust her own partner, she was alone, all alone. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered him muttering the words “a loan,” or had it been “alone”? Either one was spooky. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached the entrance, he spied, with a feeling of good fortune, Colonel Korn trotting up the wide steps alone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My aunt is alone at the kitchen table. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It might be scary if she were alone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

To know that I’m not alone in this. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

That thought alone was enough to keep me awake at night. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Of course, I had no family book to read, so I sat alone with a stick, writing words in the dirt. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You stuff food, you stuff people. If you don’t like what is inside a particular food, then leave it alone, don’t stuff it with something else. A waste of garden eggs, in my opinion.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was going to die alone in a snowstorm. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it’s temporary,” she added, as though her words alone could make it true. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Within moments, I was left alone in the room. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I felt uneasy about watching the news alone when it came on at eleven, so I turned to PBS and watched something called “History of Metallurgy.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had been brought up alone with Morgause, because he was so much younger than the rest of the family. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next day Will and Lyra went out by themselves again, speaking little, eager to be alone with each other. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wish we were alone so that I could touch him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not going to leave us alone,” said Malcolm after a minute. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I had to go alone and I had to be self-contained, a kind of casual turtle carrying his house on his back. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smell alone nearly makes my head spin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She would not die alone, and she wouldn’t live her life having abandoned the one boy she’d ever really cared about to the mercy of some madman. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Still, after talking to Papa and Uncle Henry, I decided I would do the right thing every day and leave trouble alone. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was left there alone for a further ten minutes before Gaskill and a woman, also in plain clothes, turned up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He plodded alone through the soft, hot sand toward the hotel. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It all hit me at once: my fears about Mother; the fever; Bush Hill; watching Grandfather die; being scared, alone, and hungry. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I learned that I would be visiting this prisoner alone, with no lawyer accompanying me, I tried not to let my panic show. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Down the way, there were two other prisoners, each alone in their own enclosure. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t cry. Let’s get away from here to where we can talk alone.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Flying alone was all the hard work and only half the fun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Fine, absolutely, and see, I’d just use the good parts. I’d kind of bridge where there were skips in the narrative and leave the good parts alone. What do you think?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The title lettering, the illustrated cover, the pages bound—in that word alone she felt the attraction of the neat, limited and controllable form she had left behind when she decided to write a play. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be completely alone when he took the pony out for the first time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lecture tours, book deals. Why, the movie rights alone will be worth a fortune.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“There’s been some crime in the neighborhood, and I don’t like being there alone.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Well, it’s hardly to be wondered at in this fog, Madam. That’s what I said to Robert just now. It’s difficult to find your way on the road, let alone on the water." Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She looks both directions, taking in the fact that I’m alone in the lobby. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We could have dealt with his absence alone, for Sander had been studying the part of Hamlet's mother, but we were deprived of our Ophelia as well. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had a time getting Vonetta and Fern to stay inside to watch the landing, let alone wait for the two astronauts to climb out and walk on the moon. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There, alone in the darkness, without a mirror, he had washed his face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

How do you come to be walking alone?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he should leave it alone, but he had to ask. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king swept out of the room with his guards, and the doors slammed shut, leaving the boy and his father alone in the darkness. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was strange to be here again, and to be here alone, without the clatter and chatter of other children. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And he ate and drank of his love and he feasted alone and he was satisfied. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He was in Texas at a training class, and Nancy was alone with the children. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He testified in a number of court cases which resulted in convictions of saboteurs and espionage agents practically on his testimony alone," the prison warden wrote. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They had had their chance as he walked alone through the forest, had had plenty of opportunity as he examined the pool. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He is alone in his room, playing the same tune over and over again on an acoustic guitar, trying to figure out what it means. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

For a time it seemed as if I were all alone in a silent tunnel, and everyone else was way at the other end. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That fact alone, I know, deeply impressed me. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom yelled, “I don’t like that word! Jamie, just get your juice box. I want to talk to Jack alone for a second.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to kill him for that alone,” Mom swore as she swatted more dirt off the back of her pants. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It struck me as very sad, this old man all alone on the road with no one to talk to but his donkeys. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But they were far beyond aid, and no thought could yet bring any help to Samwise Hamfast’s son; he was utterly alone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Among the many scapegoats chosen were elderly women living alone, who were charged with witchcraft: Kepler’s mother was carried away in the middle of the night in a laundry chest. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded me that none of us are alone in this. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The two of us were alone in the hallway. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

With a pelting of pebbles, they disappeared down the drive, and we children were left alone with Doña Charito to learn "the roodiments of art." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to stand there watching him, but I didn’t want to leave him alone, either, so I got busy jamming the food I’d brought over into the near-empty fridge and the iced-up freezer. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then she was gone, and I was left alone with the twelve- year-old goddess. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Although he’s presented with a hundred proposed remedies, he tells them to leave me alone. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But she would not be caught so much as looking into one of the crusty Mexican mercados, let alone venturing inside its smelliness. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shouldn’t have left him alone for so long. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not wish to enter the coupé, and told Doctor Mandelet she would walk; she was not afraid, and would go alone. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

And knowing I was leaving Jazz alone and going to a party I just had to go to, but had no business being at, I was nervous. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it, I must have sensed that she’d rather work alone. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was impossible to believe that these people could still speak, let alone walk,” said an unidentified Hitler Youth. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She lives alone and she loves her pig. Stands to reason. She’s very grateful to us.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t like sleeping alone, and neither did Adria, so most nights I would climb into my baby sister’s crib and drift off next to her. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“And so I made my way here all alone. Matt met me then and brought me to your room.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father and Mama watched me come in alone, but neither of them asked after Stick. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And as my soul drifted alone and forsaken above the clouds, my body would be cold by morning. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I focus my attention on a lethal-looking bow so loaded down with scopes and gadgetry, I’m certain I can’t even lift it, let alone shoot it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

No one could bathe in it, let alone cook with or drink it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She never left him alone, he said, she was always going down to his house, trying to get him to the cottage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

To dine and leave immediately were the orders of the moment: alone and without guides, but armed to the teeth we crossed the fields ... the Temple appeared to us at last ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always something to explore, always a place to be alone and quiet. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I am ready to go alone for the first time. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Frank didn’t like it, but she forged ahead alone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was just a boy, alone in the world. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t remotely spooked by the murder, but even so I felt a vague, low-grade unease at being alone in a silent woods so far from home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

After some time he gave up the idea of spending the day alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

How have the other victors faced this alone? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“This is something I need to do alone. It’s weird, I know.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

For the people, it was that simple, and when they failed, the humiliation fell on all of them; what happened to the girl did not happen to her alone, it happened to all of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The men followed behind, all quickly disappearing, until Sanjeev alone remained at the top of the winding staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Daddy goes inside and Stuart and I are left alone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The King had called him over when they were embarking for France—after be had kissed King Ban good-bye— and they had gone alone into a comer of the ship. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t leave the place alone for a minute. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm alone with Commander Jameson and a new rotation of soldiers standing near the cell's door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“He had once lived on Earth. He left to be alone. He wanted to be alone.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody in his circle of friends or family knew the truth about his double role—not even his wife, Leila, let alone his two daughters. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I'd been there alone, without my father's weapons to protect me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve caused so much pain by leaving my family and crossing into Turkey alone. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt alone in the snow with death all around me, and I saw the mountain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Lysa was waiting alone in her solar, still clad in her bed robes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I looked at the model, its black stone faces and great white peak, and I felt tiny and terrified and alone, alone, alone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But this is the first time the three of us have been alone together since then. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I asked to see you alone,” Lee said quietly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun is shining, the sky is deep blue, there’s a magnificent breeze, and I’m longing—really longing—for everything: conversation, freedom, friends, being alone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I had only about five minutes alone to soak in a warm bath and reboot myself for what came next. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When Hayes first heard Marian sing, he urged her to start professional studies, but her family had no money for high school, let alone voice lessons. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The two of them are in a lifeboat, together, but so alone. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson felt self-conscious up there at the front of the hall, but he did not feel alone. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The results are always more significant if the patient and I are alone when the psychosubstantiation tests are performed. External distractions have a deleterious effect on the ramified scores.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

At night in bed I see myself alone in a dungeon, without Father and Mother. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Only the sun is alone in the sky,” the Virgen’s voice answered me from beyond the shadows of the night. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Not too much later, the twins were alone in their bedroom, snuggled under their thick comforters. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My secret hope of spending the afternoon alone in Central Park died in the glass eggbeater of Ladies' Day's revolving doors. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I will never be allowed to live alone. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No ... I don’t—” “Leave her alone,” I said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh well. Your turn for a plan. You have any strange and wonderful magics from the University? Any dark powers better left alone?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her free days alone in the forest and her athletic victories were over. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I wouldn't survive the next month in Płaszów, let alone the next year. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the garden, the Captain of the Guard stared up at the young woman’s balcony, watching as she waltzed alone, lost in her dreams. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Kids over twelve are allowed to fly alone. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Always, on nights returning alone, there were worries about practical matters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Mrs. Garfield looked so thin and clung so tenderly to the President's arm,” he wrote later that day, "my heart failed me to part them, and I decided to take him alone.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody admitted to knowing that our father had been arrested, let alone where he was being held. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They three, Liza and Tom and Samuel, were alone on the ranch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She comes out with a few friends, which gladdens me because I hoped she wouldn’t be alone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Still, she would be with Salvador, not totally alone. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Still, they said that perhaps Morgan was better off with God than alone in this world. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The youngest one this time had been a little boy, an indentured servant no older than twelve, found alone. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Your sibling, of course! You think you can quest alone? Questing requires families,” said the bird. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘But not alone. I’m coming too, or neither of us isn’t going. I’ll knock holes in all the boats first.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Emery always says that being alone isn't the same thing as being lonely, but sometimes it feels like they're exactly the same thing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But they left me alone with her, and the pig sat right there on top of the dresser as she slept. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The next morning Cole hiked alone to the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He pursued more stimulating projects, whilst I, alone in the chamber, labored through his Classical obscurities. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The chaplain thanked him with a curt nod and proceeded alone down the aisle between the desks and typewriters to the canvas partition in the rear. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Alone, always alone,” the young man was saying. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl always was sleeping soundly and alone when her husband sneaked into their flat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another bell rings and the rest of the people drain out of the hall, leaving us alone together. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I knew I shouldn’t speak, but maybe if I said no, he would leave me alone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She turned and followed Isaac, leaving me alone with the unconscious Rufus—alone to wonder where she and Isaac would go. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of kids can’t live alone. We got places for all of you.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well I’m glad for you, then. It sucks being alone. Believe me, I know. Let’s try this store,” I said, and pointed to the supermarket. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We sat alone to eat and talk, to be sisters together. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

So sad and alone, in bed, but the lines of his face still deep and filled with exhaustion. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He ordered that the room be cleared: he wished to be alone so that he could rest. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She died alone of a massive heart attack, while sitting on the couch, watching one of her shows. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was always like this: the first day alone afforded a welcome sense of calm and quiet, but slowly the missing would begin. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“A lot of people come to this country alone, Malú, not knowing the language,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“The courageous Lion can’t let you knuckleheads go out there alone.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Every day, at sunset, the workers would return to their homes and I would be alone until the next morning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The listener’s imagination was fired by sound alone. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I looked back the length of the bus and saw that Joey was alone too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He could have made a meal just out of the pan-fried noodles alone. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach’s words alone don’t say what he’s really saying. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to speak with you alone, if you don’t mind,” I pressed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The paintings showed a girl of different ages, from newborn to teenager, sometimes alone on the canvas and other times with a woman that looked their mom’s age. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Even if part of her wanted to be alone. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There are moments in your life where you are alone with two cups and you have to pick one to drink. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I watched Mrs. Lynch, from the bookstore, come down the steps alone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Basil was determined to outdo the bigger paper by the use of adjectives alone, if necessary. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kamen was alone in the lab when the run ended late on the third night. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“What matters now is that I need to speak with him alone. I’d like you to go inside and bring him out here, so we can talk. All three of us can talk.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m not wishing it on them, but maybe I won’t have to die alone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I don’t like sitting here all alone.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone just kinda stared at Mr. Winston, which to most folks would mean, Leave us alone. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I sleep in Mom’s car, alone, in the driver’s seat. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She was suddenly aware of how alone she was in this queer place, and she had the uncanny sensation that the singing trees had been singing about her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I knew, perhaps I alone knew, that this was false. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I came down here to be alone. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When at last he came to the bottom of the last flight of steps, he found himself all but alone amongst the torchlit corridors inside the pyramid’s massive brick walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t deny having him here was a bit of a relief—the murderer only seemed to attack Champions when they were alone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The white mist vanished and the night lifted, and Pong found himself alone on the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The three of them backed out and drove away quickly, without another word, leaving me alone in Mr. Donnelly’s driveway. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking up he saw before him a tall white tower, standing alone on a high ridge. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I killed a boy, a fat boy like you, I stabbed him in the belly and he died, and I’ll kill you too if you don’t let me alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Well, it’s not easy to stand alone against the ridicule of others. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a woman came in to eat alone, and he found she really was alone, not married, or living with somebody, it generally was not hard for smooth Sammy to get invited to her apartment. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost glad when Wednesday came and Mrs. Baker and I were alone again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She seemed particularly cool to Tally, who felt guilty for every moment she spent with David, now that his mother was alone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, I was having a cigarette outside by myself, and I saw Patrick alone, also having a cigarette. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now Jody marched seemingly alone, with high-lifted knees and pounding feet; but behind him there was a phantom army with great flags and swords, silent but deadly. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Robert’s going to walk us over to the lake, show us the best fishing spots for later. Joey, Kenny, you coming? Give these two some time alone to talk.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never seen such astonishment on any faces, let alone those of people whose good opinion he valued. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I liked being alone with poor Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem, who—oh, come on, he’s not going to survive these seventeen bullet wounds, is he? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“To trap them or to flush them out. I say we try to avalanche the mountain but leave the train tunnel alone. People can escape into the square, where we’ll be waiting for them.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But for the servants, he and Lord Janos were alone in the Small Hall, at a small candlelit table surrounded by darkness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But then she straightened and what I could read glancing over at her notes made it clear that she was plotting for John Kwang alone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We're alone in the theater, but it feels too big, so I take Bram by the hand and pull him into the boys’ dressing room. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

"Come,” Mama said, "let’s go back to the wagon. Billy wants to be alone with his dogs for a while.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said sure, but I never saw any paint chips, let alone a can or a brush. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She knew he was working in low light, by touch alone, in those cursed leather gloves he always insisted on wearing, but Inej didn’t think that was why he seemed so agitated. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wasn't going to have to walk alone. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

So I am not flying alone now after all. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It was the first night that I was awake alone without having a migraine. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

One little soldier boy left all alone She smiled to herself. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

What had she been thinking, swimming alone this way? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some were accompanied by families, others sat alone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As we walked up the path to the porch, I had an odd urge to climb onto the long slope of the roof and lie there, alone and away from everything. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

First he and Grover put a lock on the door; then Ralph began to spend an hour or so in there alone, every night. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to hit them then that they were finally relatively alone and out of sight. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I thought “too overboard” pretty much summed up the Party Ponies, but Chiron cantered off, leaving Annabeth and me alone. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The doors shut right in front of him, and Sergio was alone on the platform with what, he then realized, must be a plainclothes officer. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

But she had the weirdest sensation you weren’t supposed to take them, let alone eat them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

First, he’d been dumb enough to leave them alone when he had run back to the boat, and Hazel had gotten kidnapped. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Somehow, I do not dread being alone to-night, and I can go to sleep without fear. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t mean Ophie was alone: a little girl with pale blond braids and a pinafore sat curled up in a wing chair, reading a book. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jutting up squarely from the quiet desert, butted against rust-colored mountains of tumbled boulders, it was something that would have terrified me if I were there alone. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I am all alone again, as it seems I always have been, and always will be, except for the woman in black, who I know will never leave. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I got there, about twenty minutes later, I met Charles coming from the direction of Henry’s, alone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But in any case, alone now, at the front gate of Lumumba’s prison house in Léopoldville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One large crow in particular would not leave the rabbit alone. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

My conception of the world, of life, was wholly in racial terms; and that conception was not mine alone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had acted as if her death someday—for someday he would have to face the fact that her death would leave him alone in the world—would not pose a problem for him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

In either sense, differ may be used alone. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was all alone, no one joined him, and it was like some distant echo from the pep rally. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You call that human? I’m going to do all I can to see that you never come here alone again.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, she walked out of the school alone and saw him packing up his tools under one of the naked trees in front of the superintendent’s house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't know what day of the week it was, let alone the date. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He died alone and without the priest’s last absolution for all of his sins. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew there was too little time to let nature alone produce such effects. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And now, with Anthony and Feather inside, and Libby and me alone, there’s nothing left to do but leave. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was standing by herself, wrapped in a sheet, and very alone. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s been the odd man out for far too long; it’s hurt me to see him alone.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was hard to feel alone, but still I missed Luke. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And the point was not self-expression alone but to make oneself understood by many others. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s folks out lately that would kill you for a pair of pennies, let alone a horse and cart. What are you going to do now? Pull it yourself?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had been hiking the trail, evidently only a couple of miles behind us, for four days, and had been camping alone in the open each night, which struck me now as awfully brave. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I am as alone as I was on the first day of fifth grade. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“The child is very young to be sent alone,” said she, putting her candle down on the table. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

There, where some houses didn’t even have screens, let alone air conditioners, the windows were thrown wide open to whatever the night had to offer. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never told no one, but I loved being alone with Mama. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But when she went to Lewiston, Idaho, she went alone. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“What’s happening to Julius?” was his first question as soon as they were able to creep away to their favorite courtyard and be alone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Afterward I got to work on the New Zealand project—alone, since Lil left because she had a stomachache. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The alcohol made me feel giddy and powerful until I stood in the kitchen alone. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I had no time to go look for him, since the attack was sudden, but instead had to run into the bush alone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was like smelling the perfect Christmas feast and having the door slammed in your face, leaving you alone in the cold. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My grandchildren and I are here alone,” she said first. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At least one of them remembered that they were alone together in the library. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Dear Joana stood alone on the first page, a title without a story. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It seemed unlikely that Kevin would have carried ID on him, let alone up-to-the-minute ID, but Alex had to make sure. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was only then she realized that Kainene had come with her and was silently holding her as she shouted, “Leave me alone! Leave me alone!” at the bar owner, who backed away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t used to being alone, here or anywhere, and the silence felt like an invasion. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Hardly anyone ever makes the trip alone. Not their first time out of the city.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It just didn’t seem right to leave him alone.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s my comment about Fiona or him not wanting to leave me alone on Rigor Mortis Bend, but he stays there with me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He sat alone on his horse in the dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet was going to be alone here for six days! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

At dusk, as she was walking back to our village alone, she entered a stand of tall trees and heard a big crack from a branch. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have let myself be alone with him,” I said. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were leaving bad wives or bad jobs or bad towns; they were coming to find something or leave something or get something, to dig up something or bury something or leave something alone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had plenty to think of, of course, but sitting alone, just thinking, is pretty slow. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

At this very moment, no doubt, she is pondering with regret decisions made in the far-off past that have now left her, deep in middle age, so alone and desolate. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The contamination of our world is not alone a matter of mass spraying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Forgive me, but perhaps I may now have a few moments alone.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

No. If I let myself go down that path, I won't make it through the night, let alone survive weeks of spying on the Commandant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Surely with the target, which stands alone as an object, unlike the long box at the top, particularly when its hinged door is closed. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And who will stand for me and the children, for the rest of the mothers and babies of Bumblebee, when we are all alone?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he spun on his heel and dashed away, leaving me alone. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mommy also taught summer school for the extra money, so she couldn’t just leave five kids at home alone all day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

To such Catholics—increasingly alone in their faith—the Church says: You are part of a community of believers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord knows how I could have thought that old horse would outrun anything, but there’s not a lot of clear thinking when you’re alone on the prairie at sunrise. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then we were alone with our packs in an empty motel parking lot in a dusty, forgotten, queer-looking little town in northern Georgia. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit stands alone, unnoticed, in the lobby for some time. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

‘He stands not alone,’ said Legolas, bending his bow and fitting an arrow with hands that moved quicker than sight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Most of the geeks who hung out on Slashdot had never come nose-to-nose with a professional writer on the Web before, let alone one with few technical or computing skills. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he might trust her enough to leave her alone with Dorian, knowing that she had access to an unguarded escape route was a test she wasn’t ready to give Chaol. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She has time to do things like this now that she is alone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She felt light suddenly, free of the terror that she was all alone in this maze. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Even though they are spread out, in the expanse of this main room alone, I realize, there are far more people than there should be on the entire ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You will always be alone! Your body and soul will shrivel up and you’ll die like a dog!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By contrast, Lauritsen and his Caltech colleagues soberly devoted two full pages to a meticulous accounting of every step they had taken to validate the French findings on carbon and boron alone. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The sea was all around, leaving the three of them alone in the darkness as they slowly climbed up to their beacon fire. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When you’re a demigod and you find a sweet little girl alone in the woods—that’s typically a good time to draw your sword and attack. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Better to blend in than to stand out alone, he told himself. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

When she was given some treat to eat that was not given to me, she would secretly save some and give it to me when we were alone. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw my father coming off the lift alone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She got on fine, but I worried about poor Henri, left all alone. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She watched sadly as her sisters vanished into the night sky, leaving her alone with the young man, a cob of corn still clutched in her delicate hand.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He was all alone in the middle of a river, and the boat was sinking, sinking, sinking. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Toiling alone and newly single in an ocean of pain so that some light may be brought into your lives ... Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She would not stay outside alone and away from those she loved, no, not even if it meant her life. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I just want to sit with them a few more moments before I have to fly back to Faerie alone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he talks to his mom, he wants to be alone; he might cry. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to be alone for a minute so I stood there and flushed the toilet. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He don’t try to get me alone in no dark places either. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t answer her back and I stayed completely still, willing her to just leave me alone. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was used to walking alone and to being considered “different.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If normality were normal, everybody could leave it alone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Bigwig had raised his head and was supporting himself on his forepaws alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and sighed, as though she had just realized that she was not alone. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We would just as soon that the skunks stayed out of the watermelons and let us alone. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure that mine about Everest was not mine alone; the highest point on earth, unattainable, foreign to all experience, was there for many boys and grown men to aspire toward. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She could squeeze two cents till they begged for mercy, let alone two dollars. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Dutchy lived on the streets, he never felt as alone, he tells me, as he did growing up in Minnesota. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As we leave the last stop, I am the only person sitting alone. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You shut up and leave her alone!” shouted Peakes, who was about two-thirds Ron’s height, though admittedly carrying a heavy bat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I shall not remain alone with them; I shall try to scale the castle wall farther than I have yet attempted. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I followed her sheepishly, my plan to go it alone and hide my white mother now completely awash, backfired in the worst way. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the twilight came down over the court and shut him into it alone. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Now, sitting alone in a red wingback chair, waiting for Vivian to come down, Molly takes out Anne of Green Gables. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at the shaded, sombrely-papered bedroom, with the neatly made double bed in which he slept alone. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, I left her alone in that room. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Can you ensure that you are alone by the fire in Gryffindor Tower at one o’clock in the morning on the 22nd of November? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But, miraculously, something of her former life remained, her last link to the person that she had been before she had become so utterly alone. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Leave him alone, he’s talking with his girlfriend.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

If he were alone, I might try to persuade him to run away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the interim, Mr. Ewalt had decided that perhaps he ought not to have allowed the girls to enter the house alone. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucretia immediately went to Garfield's bedside and stayed alone with him for about fifteen minutes. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Soon she found herself alone in a tent. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Alys sent her alone to tend a simple cough or fever or rash. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A stumpy, gnarled beast, alone in a wide area of open woods. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Each night I realize suddenly that we four are alone here.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland was alone in his kitchen when she walked through the hall and stood in the doorway to tell him this. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Leave us alone!” squeaked Dart as he crouched low in the grass. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Piper didn’t know, but she watched herself in the vision, alone and thrashing in the dark, until the water rose over her head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I am alone here; if something happens to me, no one will know and no one will see it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘Leave me alone! I need air! Give me air!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the night with strangers, curled up on the cold floor, terrified and very much alone, glad that I had not been shot. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You wanted to get me alone. Wasn’t that it?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will she sell a ticket to a kid alone, or will she call the cops? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But Elizabeth and her family are at Hilly’s watching the game so Aibileen’s working in the house alone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They went up to the dormitory to fetch their books and charts, to find Neville there alone, sitting on his bed, reading. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was alone; Grandfather was dead and Mother missing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took him a quarter of an hour to read the title alone. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kasem Gulek, of the Turkish Parliament, beaming with pride, informed me that from Turkey alone over six hundred buses—over fifty thousand Muslims—had made the pilgrimage. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to be alone. None of that country good-neighbor business, I hope. Everybody trading dinners and knowing everybody else’s business.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave my godson alone,” Virgil said to Bull. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katie sat alone at the kitchen table far into the night. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will not be alone. Dome will join us, must join us. Prince Aegon is Elia’s son as well as Rhaegar’s.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The tunnel was high and wide, so wide that, though the hobbits walked abreast, only touching the side-walls with their outstretched hands, they were separated, cut off alone in the darkness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Jasper alone neither praised him nor avoided him, but simply looked down at him, smiling slightly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She lived alone and I could have made an effort. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Until he could be alone it was impossible to think this new development out. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Was M. MacQueen alone in his compartment when you went to make up his bed?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women aren't allowed to get onstage like this, standing alone to tell God's story. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Gone. It’s not fair....I hope they weren’t alone.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lawrence was not alone among the Berkeley crowd in disparaging Oppenheimer’s character. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The uncertainty alone felt like a threat, a thing that could drown us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne saw him standing alone and went over to say something comforting. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, though, the higher-ups couldn’t leave well enough alone, and one afternoon an Army dentist was choppered in to check our teeth and do minor repair work. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She is standing alone at the table, bending gracefully over an album. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Was Amah in a dungeon, in the dark and alone? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

At lunch, I sit with Charlie, surrounded by people but alone. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I expressed concern that patient was walking around in the rain, alone. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The majority of my teachers treat me as if I, and I alone, hold the answers to the mysterious creatures that African Americans are, like I’m the Rosetta Stone of black people. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just after midnight on the 4th of February, 1958, I returned home after a meeting to find Winnie alone and in pain, about to go into labor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

My own black ship I chose to moor alone on the sea side, using a rock for bollard; and climbed a rocky point to get my bearings. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Adah would fly home, and Leah and I would drive as far as Brazzaville together for safety’s sake, although if you ask me two women traveling alone are twice as much trouble as one. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning in late 2001, when Whitiker was alone and the apartment was uncharacteristically quiet, the mail arrived and, in it, an envelope from the state boards. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then it told him, “I’ll give you my sands to help the wind to blow, but, alone, I can’t do anything. You have to ask for help from the wind.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came here to be by myself. But the thought of being here alone now? Without you?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

How can one respect, let alone adopt, the values of a people who do not, on any level whatever, live the way they say they do, or the way they say they should? The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

This was always her sign-off line when I was alone and on the loose in sunny California. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry Kvothe. I need to be alone tonight. I need to do some thinking.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You alone we worship, and You alone we ask for help. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She didn't even know the names of the authors of some of her favorite stories, let alone what they looked like. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘Why yes! Why had I forgotten it? A light when all other lights go out! And now indeed light alone can help us.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You want go north? Go alone,” Amari said with a fierceness she hoped she had the courage to back up. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying alone under the ground, in the dark, while Lydia and I live and move forward and laugh. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He may not buy into the fish tank rule, but he’s got this one down pat: if you want someone, to Leave you alone, agree with her. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went over Bradbury’s head to Gordon Dean to propose instead an independent new lab in Boulder, Colorado, where some 130 physicists would report to him alone. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She was at the hair salon when he sent her a text: I’m sorry jfem but I think I should probably go alone to Abuja. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We posted Olakunde as a guard with him, saying he should not be safe alone; though in truth fearing that he sought an occasion to flee us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Even so, over the next nine weeks his weight fell from 168 to 115 pounds, and the warden was warned that forced-feeding alone could not keep the patient alive indefinitely. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear them clamoring above, despite the ferocity of the Gallivespians; there were so many of them that two fliers alone could do little to stop them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I'd cross the whole country alone and escape into the Colonies first chance I got. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He saw Hyzenthlay beside her and it seemed to him that since there was nothing he could do to help, it would probably be best to let them alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was lonely, to yearn so, all alone. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She stopped, turned to me, and said if I didn’t leave her alone, she was going to chase me with a machete! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mother’s voice called from the kitchen, “Children, you let him alone.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d seen so much of terror and death, but looking at his friend, suffering alone ... it killed Mark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The birth of a work of art is an intensely private experience, so much so that many artists can work only when completely alone and refuse to show their unfinished pieces to anyone. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feels bad all the time, and his sister and he always take a walk alone together. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing Emma’s story made me feel closer to her, and less alone in my own confusion. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His fault that she died alone in the lodge with no one to lie at the back of her and talk to her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when it’s time for me to leave, he always knows somehow and goes back into the woods so he can keep rolling around in the grass or whatever he does when he’s alone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize, Gus, that this is the tragedy of this poor woman’s life. She’s always been alone. She needs someone. She needs love.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt young and small and very much alone, and now, in spite of my pride, I found his handkerchief and blew my nose, throwing my drab appearance to the winds. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to go anywhere alone without a gun. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just let him alone,” Mr. Levy said to Mrs. Reilly somewhat firmly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I gave them my food perhaps they’d leave me alone? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Minli woke up alone under a heavy, rich blanket. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t leave her alone to cry and sulk and hope for darkness to come and think bad thoughts about Big Ma and Uncle Darnell. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She came alone, as he had bid her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her many months of learning the maze of Moscow streets alone, unwatched, paid off. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the camera in my mind zooms out and I can see that she’s just a skinny girl standing alone, not so different from someone else I know. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"So you grew up in that house alone with your aunt," Matilda said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’ll show it to him. But I think I want to be alone with it first.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I ran instead for the roof, where it had just been me and my mother and father, safe and alone in our little pigeon coop. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You can leave a tree alone. You cannot leave a kid alone." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once we were alone, Lev came up to me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was about to say something, but then a toilet flushed and she realized we were not alone. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent almost an entire week drilling on the solar array alone. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t go, McCoy will have a reason to call me to his office. Then he’ll have me alone and it will be even worse.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He was black and he had been alone in a room where a white girl had been killed; therefore he had killed her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard enough about Grendel to know that the monster could not be killed by strength alone. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never thought of our job as helpful, let alone worthy of payment from rich people. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I remember ever being alone with my mother. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Telling one coin from another by touch alone was one of the first things the waif had taught her, after they took away her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her father was alone in the solar when Harwin and Fat Tom marched her in, an oil lamp glowing softly at his elbow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His words filled me up just a little, knowing maybe I wasn’t so alone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And now he was alone and wounded, dying maybe, and...she had to get to him. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But Emma could neither speak nor stand, and we were alone in the underground station but for two women in raincoats who were backing away, holding their noses against the hollow’s fetid stench. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It is best that we understand this matter at once. How did you come to set sail all alone?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

God alone knows who, or where, or what, or when, or how it may be.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then we could be alone, together—to be happy or sad. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Being with her at such times was like being alone. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, I was supposed to watch our boxes; but on the other hand, I didn’t want to be alone. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The town believed that Henry’s action was just the fiery nature of youth, let alone a Sutpen, and that time would cure it. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there wasn’t anyone there, and I walked along the trail by the lake in the dark alone. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Mark was struck by the feeling that they weren’t alone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Somebody who... I don’t know. Who feels safer when he’s alone, maybe?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know when a man lives alone as much as I do, his mind can go olf on an irrational tangent just because his social world is out of kilter.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, people do go off alone,” she muttered to herself as she kicked through the grass, carrying her bag of honey, which was now beginning to ooze. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The tallest was furthest away, standing alone upon a green mound. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She did not seem to have expected to find herself alone with Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Of the hundreds of black people lynched, nearly all were killed without being charged with a crime, let alone being legally convicted. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Manya came in the mornings and left after supper, and during the long winter nights of January and February I was all alone in the house. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Once alone outside the compound, I am wracked with guilt for what I have done. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the current political climate, conservatives extol marriage as the solution to many of society’s ills, while liberals argue that it alone cannot compensate for the effects of imperiled neighborhoods and failing schools. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

At first and for a long time it seemed to Wang Lung that he wished to see no human being but only to be alone on his land. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He may tower over Clyde, but he still didn’t want to be alone in a dark alley—or a computer room—with the guy. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our four big suitcases stand alone between two luggage carousels like orphaned children. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She would rather be alone in her room than alone in the midst of a celebration she was not a part of. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He can’t stand being alone for too long. I don’t think it matters, but don’t let him touch Luna, just in case.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my hands around the lining of my pockets and whispered, “Leave alone.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I watch a lot of hospital dramas on television, and this is the part where patients just want everybody to leave them alone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

They saw their captain run up the hill, alone, and thought him either very brave or insane. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up suddenly, then ran, twisting through the stones, leaving Turner alone beside the grave. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

My aunt fled the scene, leaving us alone in the study, where we’d been sorting through a mountain of old financial records. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Second, Mr. Kleiman hasn’t returned to work since the last time his stomach started bleeding, so Bep’s been left to hold down the fort alone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It is possible that he will just accept what I have offered, and leave me alone. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The third: that he would always be as alone as he was now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Pandemonium had probably taken over the dining hall, and I could only imagine the currents of fear ripping through the teachers, let alone the students. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was that indefinable connection between himself and Jack; who therefore would never let him alone; never. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I cant just hang around here all alone and look out the window. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s her,” he said, pointing at Luna, who was still dancing alone, waving her arms around her head like someone attempting to beat off midges. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The horse lines alone stretched out over leagues. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then he tells me I’m not alone and I can always talk to him, his door is open, he’s here, and he’ll see me on Monday. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as old Maurice opened the doors, he'd see me with the automatic in my hand and he'd start screaming at me, in this very high-pitched, yellow- belly voice, to leave him alone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We are huge and alone, and we both love yogurt raisins. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“At last our men had stood up like men....I stood up alone in my room...and exclaimed aloud, ‘Oh, I thank God, thank God.’ 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Go away, you bunch of weeds! Leave me alone!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You leave my sister alone!” he howled, rising, teetering to his feet. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It is the nature of animals to die alone, off somewhere, hidden. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Particularly in class or alone with my teachers, I chattered. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered why she was traveling alone, and where she was going. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to be alone, and I knew you wouldn’t follow me if I said I was going to Nora’s house.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Are you alone at home? Where is your master?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Just you hush up and leave us alone.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

For the next two weeks I whirled around the city going to doctors, taking vitamin shots and pills, buying clothes for the baby, and except for the rare moments alone, enjoying the imminent blessed event. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could be arrested and spend years in the palace dungeons for being alone with me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Call and Caroline and I used to go to see him. But—they are gone now, and it isn’t proper for me to go down alone.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silas began to call the boy back, then he stopped, and stood there in the night alone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I looked back out the window, hoping she’d leave me alone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I hung around the Deadheads because I was scared alone. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But I also noticed, for the first time, a sense of being alone. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But he was sick that day, so I went in alone. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But in another part of her head, the dark part where her oldest fears were housed, she knew there was another sort of reason for staying at home: she was afraid to go away alone. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

This alone, quite apart from the contents of the message, provides a powerful justification for the search for other civilizations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Hancock, who had been sitting alone over his little hearth fire in the back office, came out. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood alone in the empty hall; Mercer had left him because he had done what he came for, Rachael—or rather Pris Stratton—had been dismembered and that left nothing now, only himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Wish all I wanted, I couldn’t leave Vonetta and Fern alone to sort out who’d sleep at what end of the daybed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see them bringing it up, at first very tentatively, shrugging, putting it to one side, bringing it up again, never able quite to leave it alone. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said to Grandmom, “I think the best thing we can do right now is get down to Orlando and leave them alone.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they saw themselves alone in the house they succumbed to the delirium of lovers who were making up for lost time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

After the ceremony I stood alone on the lawn, watching the other students with their families. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It crossed his mind that if he were to run, immediately and alone, they would probably let him go as he had come, and feel glad to be so easily rid of him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please let me do this alone. I promise we’ll come home. I just need to tell Julia how the play ends.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Salinas wind would blow away a tombstone, let alone a bunch of carnations. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

None knew yet that it belonged to him and he walked out to see it alone, a long square of heavy black clay that lay stretched beside the moat encircling the wall of the town. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t be here alone. You should be with an adult.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I got on my bus and sat in my seat alone. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t going to have to walk alone. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to leave them alone,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Because this afternoon ... because it felt like we rode out there to Sears together, and ... and then we came home alone. And I didn't like it." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I visited Nana at the nursing home I expected to find her alone in a dreary room, sitting in her own feces while the orderlies ignored or berated her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My mother finally went to work as a cook and left me and my brother alone in the flat each day with a loaf of bread and a pot of tea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still my decision, no one could make it for me, but I didn’t have to carry the weight of it alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was molting his flight feathers and chose to be alone. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When Andrew sped off with my mom, leaving the four-year-old alone on the front lawn, Abel walked over to his youngest, picked him up, put the boy in his car, and drove away. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had wanted to be alone for this. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Not like that. I need to get Prince Henry alone.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes once I was sure Otto and I were alone again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I could see that Mr. O’Flanagan wasn’t going to leave me alone until I calmed down. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Whomping Willow was a very violent tree that stood alone in the middle of the grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Do go away and let me alone,” he sobbed. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But you don’t have to be by yourself on an island to feel alone,” I said. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

This was the first time he had found himself almost alone with Slughorn since his disastrous first attempt to extract the true memory from him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The first time I drove alone was to see my aunt Helen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then his parents had left the room to grab them all some food from the cafeteria, leaving Mark and Jessie alone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, Jason had wandered the ruins, crying and alone, calling for his mother and for Thalia - until the wolves came for him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Where, for a time, they might not feel quite so alone. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hop into Dee’s car and jump on her like a lonely dog after a day at home alone. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Why am I so alone in the world? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was, after all, a crime to speak to Estraven, let alone to feed and clothe and house him, as they did. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

In those days being near any stranger was better than thinking alone about the cigarettes and beer and meat that he wanted. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Two tables stood alone in the center of the room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he came into the canteen she was sitting at a table well out from the wall, and was quite alone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In the center of the greenhouse, one tall stem stood alone, brown like all the rest of the plants. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Have fun,” Noah says, and he leaves me alone with plenty to calculate. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to die alone, either,” he had said, buttering his toast. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the prospect of this flattening—and all of the pressures, dislocations, and opportunities accompanying it—makes you uneasy about the future, you are neither wrong nor alone. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can’t deal with the fear of being alone. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This strange connection he felt wasn’t his alone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as I’m done eating alone, I head to my tube tunnel, curl against the plastic, and quiet my mind. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

A green army tank, all alone in the long shadows of morning, its enormous treads clanking against the asphalt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Maya had eaten a lot of lunches alone those first few months. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I loved that about her, and as our friendship blossomed on and off the strip, she helped me not to feel so alone when the team traveled abroad. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For Tehlu is just and saves only the worthy, and in these times few men acted even for their own good, let alone the good of others. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We’ve been told not to do this alone, and not to go down into the ravine by ourselves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey and her mom went downstairs to greet him, leaving me alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I want you all to get used to the idea of operating alone.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There rose a roar of voices all round them, and suddenly they were aware that Farmer Cotton was not all alone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"I hope Father did not send you all this way to plague us with history lessons," his sister said when they were alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m left standing alone by the door, arms crossed, staring down at my feet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“And move on, unless you would rather me go on alone.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And yet few in Atlanta, let alone in the world beyond, had noticed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Jemmy had to wait with Betsy, Petunia, and Captain Nips while the prince was alone with the king. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want him to know it was hard for me to stand alone. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It looked as if it might have lived for long, long years among the tombs, alone. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I was sure we were alone; the last people we had seen were the swimmers at the Blue Lake a few miles back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left Matt alone with his fear and his imagination. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood alone in the garage, less than ten feet away from my blue bike. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Because I want to be alone, I tell Pop that I’m going out for hot wings with the team. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just didn’t mention, even to Hattie Mae, that we were particularly interested in who might have the same handwriting used in the note telling us to “leave well enough alone.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Where are you going, all alone like this?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Breathlessly, I tell her about seeing colors and about how I thought everybody saw things that way and then I found out that nobody did and I felt so alone and strange. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The guy was stranded out on the gallery, alone. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, but I didn’t mean to go alone!” and Laurie walked fast through the room with an expression which it was well his grandfather did not see. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, some of the personages were Jewish, and this fact alone should demonstrate how nonsensical is much of what has been said about his lordship. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we let other outcasts squeeze in with us, but for the most part we ate alone, just the two of us. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe we couldn’t consider ourselves “alone” since Styx was with us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Why must you face everything alone?” she had demanded before turning away and leaving him there. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Let me alone, Frank. I want to go to sleep.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be fine here. I can protect myself, but it’s not safe for either of you to be alone in the Wood.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Brandon’s mom invited me over for dinner. I wanted you and your father to have a little more alone time.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Okay, so maybe being alone isn’t always the best. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was one thing to be done before I left, an awkward, unpleasant thing that perhaps had better have been let alone. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But the insecurities, those most insidious and stubborn of all the demons, were hers alone. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

What she would have done then to get him to leave her alone! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the class had the good manners that come with not caring; they would leave the imposters alone. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We had a couple of meetings, the first with the family and then once alone,” he says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He went alone, then, and he had no mind to see either of his two quarreling daughters-in-law, nor even his grandchildren, in whom was his frequent delight. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

What she needed was to be left alone. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be alone, but I don’t feel like I have much of a choice. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the wild, alone with axe and garron, he was as good a ranger as any in the Watch, but he had never gotten on well with the other men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She lived alone in a little house tucked back in the woods, not far from us, and came every day to cook, clean, and be my stand-in mother. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tell him the real reason you ran from Camp Half-Blood, and why you are always alone. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Pilar Ternera, who lived alone at that time with her two younger children, did not ask him any questions. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Passing through Amiens, I turned from the highway and traveled alone for two days. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

At Tariq’s, there was no eating alone; they always ate as a family. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He knew, he would have staked his life on it, that she had come for him, and him alone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“My sons,” she said, looking at me speculatively, “are not mine alone.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bounce! and I can’t remember the last time I was alone with her like this, and I really, really want to tell her about Glenn Burke. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z