| 单词 | lonely |
| 例句 | Not horrible in an ugly way, but horrible in a sad, lonely way. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The police cleared a path for him, and War Admiral, his head low, was led back to the barn to the lonely clapping of a handful of fans. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Never thought, until today, that it might help me feel less lonely. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They frolicked in a melancholy way, half giddy with freedom and travel, half fearful and lonely and worried, and irritated too, having gotten along in China, but as the simplest of friends. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if it was lonely out there on the edge of space, so far from the light and warmth of the sun. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If only you knew how much I used to cry at night, how unhappy and despondent I was, how lonely I felt, you’d understand my wanting to go upstairs! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Go ahead, then, fail math and be lonely the rest of your life. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He inched his way beneath the thorny brush until he came upon Nivea’s head, which looked like a lonely melon. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But that lonely figure in the ragged flapping shawl — it was easy enough to imagine any sort of mysterious brew in that pot! The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Visions of concentration camps and lonely cells raced through my head. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I did not know how lonely I had been until I had Rontu to talk to. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the summer trees their car made a lonely sound. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z In the cold, lonely darkness, the yarrow gave him comfort. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I wanted to visit Dalvin, a’ight? I took the bus to the cemetery. I hate that he by himself in the Garden. I didn’t want him to be lonely, if that make sense.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z He was lonely and wanted to get married, which made him weak, says Mikey, and got him killed in the end. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “There was only one left, the loneliest, most pitiful guppy you ever saw. I put him in the bathtub,” Shelly said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Kenny was in another room, sitting by the window like a lonely house pet, waiting for Savannah to come back to the office from an appointment. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched the traffic whizzing along, feeling less hungry now but still lonely and scared. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And when the time comes to die, I'll find the wildest, loneliest, most desolate spot there is. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look, there’s a sailor drifting along Chartres Street. He looks rather lonely.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was also lonely, not having the common connection of grandparents or aunties like we used to have so often. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He is lonely, isolated, in a place he doesn’t know, away from everyone. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I learned that they can’t help but gather up in a horde, and the dead are never lonely, that their natural inclination is to have a lot of friends. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As for the Butterflies, they were ambushed and murdered on a lonely mountain road, their car thrown over a cliff to make it all look like an accident. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z In the end, you could not say that Margo Roth Spiegelman was fat, or that she was skinny, any more than you can say that the Eiffel Tower is or is not lonely. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It felt like it was hurtling and jerking its way through a lonely darkness. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z So we stared out over the lonely playground equipment, discussing business. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She was a winter bird and a lonely one. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Poor child, it must have been lonely for her all those years. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was lonely in the heat, trying to terrify the dust and the blazing sun sky. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And after a while, they left him alone, which somehow made him feel even lonelier, but at least that was familiar. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The baby’s father was forbidden to see her, since she had not “healed” yet, and she spent some dark lonely hours along with the joyous ones with the baby. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the fear was gone again, and McCoy was just a lonely man in a lonely room, talking to himself. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z This pillow smelled like long lonely years full of bleach. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I feel even lonelier now that there are more of us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There are lonely people in hospitals and shelters who only want some companionship. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z How I stroke a spot on my left cheek whenever I’m feeling scared or lonely? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Walking to school by herself was kind of breathtaking and kind of scary, kind of lonely and kind of fun. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Inside the refrigerator sits a lonely pitcher of our cow’s milk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only when they stopped moving—at a lonely stoplight close to the county line—that the adrenaline of leaving school with Lily released its grip on Toby’s brain. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It did the same thing that playing the piano had done when he was frightened and lonely. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something sad and lonely in his eyes, in the way his mustache drooped over his frown. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Then she started giggling and I had the feeling we were thinking the same thing, namely, some people are lonely for all the right reasons. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z For both women the castle was suddenly too dark, too empty, too lonely, too northerly, too full of night and winter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddie looked away, her eyes welling with tears of envy at the thought of a frozen lonely night in the back of a Fox Moth. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I was leaving the hated home, hunger, fear, leaving days that had been as dark and lonely as death. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, Gordievsky made the lonely and wrenching decision of the double agent: to save his own life. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "Ah. You have to remember, many of the archaeologists were lonely Victorian men working far, far away from home and their wives. They tended to get...overexcited in their translations." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Approached in the dark the swaying bulbs looked lonely and purposeless. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Some who had tried this lonely sort of life had given up and joined the crews of purse seiners or of long-line halibut schooners. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z After a while I caught sight of this lonely little fishing boat way out there and tried to decide who could be on it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You two look lonely. Teammates? Come on down.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Looking out at the ocean, I don’t know how anyone could be anything but lonely. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I became lonely, so I drank a bit, and then a bit more, and then I became lonelier, because no one likes being around a drunk. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Although they could not know it, the down was more lonely than it had been for hundreds of years. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “An empty house can be as lonely as a full hotel,” he said at length. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z But more important, his whisperings kept her from being totally and hopelessly lonely without Kapu and her wolf pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dove had always been lonely and he still was. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Choosing the loneliest, most desolate spot he could find, he backed under an overhanging tree in the far corner of the lot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And in its flutter and swoop I heard the sound of a railroad train highballing it, lonely across the lonely night. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On a lonely road fourteen miles outside Cheyenne, a tire blew. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps she had come to register a death, and her words merely the lonely lashings-out of grief, but he felt the familiar tightening of panic in his chest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z How could such a lonely person have been living so close to me my whole life? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes when he was walking home through the forest Ishmael would stop in some lonely place and, because he had no choice in the matter, take himself in his hand. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z It has been very lonely because my sister is busy being the oldest one in our family. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z That lonely drummer practicing his roll long after the rest of the band has gone to bed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He seems kind of lonely in his big house. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps Hill House has a tower, or a secret chamber, or even a passageway going off into the hills and probably used by smugglers—although what could smugglers find to smuggle around these lonely hills? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Now we are both lonely, for entirely different reasons, but it feels the same, doesn’t it? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z In some un explainable way this strange little creature seemed to belong here, so much a part of this quiet lonely place that her voice might have been the voice of the Meadow itself. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Maybe on a night when she was feeling really lonely and just needed to get things out of her head, even though no one was listening. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z You can’t imagine what it’s like to have to stand on the sidelines and see how lonely he is, without being able to do anything. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t do for a Black man and his family to be caught on a lonely country road on a night when Joe Louis had proved that we were the strongest people in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The sad, lonely truth was that after a year and half on the fencing team at Duke, I could only call one teammate—Josh—my friend. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Otherwise it was a lonely kingdom of rabbits, water birds and water rats. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He also said that they had once belonged to his wife—and that was an interesting idea in itself, to think that the lonely old Professor had once had a wife. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Days have blended into weeks, weeks melted into months, months merging into empty, lonely years. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She was very lonely and it went very smoothly. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mother, please—” “And here it is August, and do you come home like you’re supposed to? Do you ever think about your poor lonely mother?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The plover was incredibly tame, perhaps because he lived in the most barren parts of the world where there were no people, perhaps because he was lonely. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He let the empty minutes wash over him, lonely and slow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “How much there is in art that is beautiful, if only one can remember what one has seen, one is never empty or truly lonely, and never alone.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z ‘Perhaps it’s having to move to New York. I’d be lonely if I had to leave all my friends.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Beneath me there was nothing but snow and ice. Here lay the Hardanger Plateau, the largest, loneliest, and wildest mountain area in north ern Europe.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One lonely cricket tried to start singing, but none of its companions joined in, so it stopped to let silence bring night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He was lonely still, but it was only a mist, a weather front that passed through him when he was alone, a feeling of having turned too permeable. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He hoped that they never smelled of sea salt, that they never heard the urgings of the ocean, that they were so lonely that being a stranger in them hardly mattered. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “It’s lonely sitting up in a tree without you.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Locking the door, Plumpen lay down lonely and miserable to await nightfall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t mean I had a lot of close friends or that I fit in. It means that I was nice to everyone and they rewarded me for it. I still felt lonely.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z She sits in the back row alone—knees raised to her chin, high-waters rising higher—lonely, quiet, staring out the window. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I remember, in fact, feeling a little lonely as I moved down a long hallway, past a bunch of closed doors. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In this lonely hellhole, there’s not even a chance to get warm. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m thinking of moving up here. Thought it might be better for my boys. They get lonely on the ranch.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z And there was the smell of seaweed, the noise of the lonely wind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A coyote howls in the distance, a sound both lonely and familiar, and I sigh, allowing my eyes to close. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes I feel so lonely and hopeless that I don’t know what to do. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z While he wouldn’t admit it, Dragon thought just standing by the walled city might make him feel just a bit less lonely. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It sometimes looks like a lonely activity, but it is as much the opposite of lonely as human behavior can be. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “One of these should be good enough to do the job, but we made two so that the first one won’t get lonely.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Not having many people to interact with or much to do was making him feel lonely and bored. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My heart trembled at how small and lonely it felt. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She guessed the bird wasn’t lonely because it was already sad when she bought it out of a flock of others. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As Father and I crossed the lonely field and made for our house I couldn’t help but think about that earlier night and the welcome feast, all the tastes and sounds of it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Really. You have some wonderful gifts. And your explanation of lonely and alone. That was clever.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I was sad and lonely, but I still hadn’t thought through what was causing it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The thing is, it isn’t lonely with Nick. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z They spent a miserable day in this lonely and unpleasant country. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I shall not be a struggling, lonely woman now, that is all past, all done with and forgotten, and we are going to be happy, all of us together. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z As we wrestled my luggage out of the back of my dad’s car, I could tell he was feeling lonely already. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But Laura and Mary listened to that lonely sound in the dark and the cold of the Big Woods, and they were not afraid. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z This strange hulking presence gnawing its meat was like nothing she had ever imagined, and she felt a profound admiration and pity for the lonely creature. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z But Laura lay awake a little while, listening to Pa’s fiddle softly playing and to the lonely sound of the wind in the Big Woods. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z And all I want is two wheels, thought sad and lonely Ralph. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He worked the farm mightily because he was lonely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He needs that; although he is adjusting, and doing his job well, he is often homesick and lonely. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Feeling sad and lonely, I turned my back to the highway and started home. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The day in the park was so long and lonely for her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “I am Domingo Salvador, just another lonely soldier from Madrid.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z His portrait had been taken back to its lonely landing on the seventh floor, and the Fat Lady was back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z After school the playgrounds were quickly deserted, and if you had to stay after school it was eerie and lonely to walk alone through the deserted streets. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I explained that I was new to Atlanta and that I was feeling sad and lonely and a bit overwhelmed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes at night he’d startle us, when we forgot he spent his lonely nights in the latrine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The sweat dried on his skin, and he felt chilled and lonely. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I was grateful to my mom for going to bat about this; with my dad refusing to attend, my fifteen minutes of fame would have been pretty lonely without her and Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She would have died with them on that lonely mountain road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s leave one alive so that it can be lonely,” Sophie Mol suggested. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel so lonely, baby, I feel so lonely, baby, I feel so lonely I could die. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z All of a sudden, she was frightened and lonely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z All the same he had been lonely, and never more so than now at the day’s end. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And that was all Claire remembered of those last days, no matter how hard she tried over the hard and lonely years that followed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Ammu was made to send him back to their father, who had by then resigned his lonely tea- estate job in Assam and moved to Calcutta to work for a company that made carbon black. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was very lonely before they appeared, but now I felt that I had friends with me and did not feel the same. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z If he was lonely before, he didn’t know it because the noise he kept up, the roaring, the busyness, protected him from knowing it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, it was lonely with dislike pouring in on him from all sides. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It was a demanding job, and lonely, but the rewards were handsome if you survived to enjoy them. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Be a hard, lonely life, not belonging here nor there. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Those who desire to be purified cannot be refused and the black stain of his guilt had grown fainter and fainter through his years of lonely wandering and pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of him having to be lonely again. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He thought, however, about how lonely people in mountains yodel to the empty peaks and take the echo for a friendly reply. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z But even as I stood there holding his sweet and lonely words, I heard water going drip, drip, drip into the bathtub. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Dimly on top of the high mast he could see the lonely figure of the skater. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “So is it okay or not?” she asked, pushing back two lonely green beans to the edge of her plate. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s lonely down here without a passenger, Jimmy.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z One without the other, and you’d just have a lonely squirrel reaching out for something that wasn’t there. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Most of the rabbits were feeding near the Mark holes, which were close beside the field, concealed among the trees and undergrowth bordering a lonely bridle path. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the desolation of having found the place that fits, the one true place, and experiencing the first heady sigh of rightness before being torn away and cast back into random, lonely scatter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Alls you need is a lonely little white boy!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z From a distance came the lonely baying of hounds. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “I was a teenager once. And an only child. I was very lonely. I found being a teenager to be very painful.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Where the Argonauts had beached their boat for the night lived a lonely and wretched old man, to whom Apollo, the truth-teller, had given the gift of prophecy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1835, the ship left Lima, on the coast of Peru, and headed toward a lonely spray of charred volcanic islands west of Ecuador—the Galápagos. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was because the lonely can sometimes sense the lonely. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I suppose one reason I didn’t feel lonely was that I had been flying airplanes by myself for nearly twenty years. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah,” said Dr. Meescham, coming up behind them, “you are studying my poor, lonely giant squid.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Pilate had become extremely depressed and lonely after the birth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow wondered about the other trains he’d seen, blank windowless metal cars which went on for mile after mile hooting their lonely way through the night. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z But on the porch he said suddenly, “You’re lonely here. You don’t want to stay.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I say, “And who knows when they’re coming back? There’s been nothing said about that. I don’t want him to be lonely.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “I was so lonely. Please stay?” she asked. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Just before he moved out of sight, the boatman turned and called, The njuzu might be lonely for a while. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly Barrow appeared below, its houses huddled against the ice-piled shore like a cluster of lonely birds. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Alice brought her jump rope to keep herself occupied, though she said jumping rope by yourself was the loneliest job in the world. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "Gee, you must have been lonely, Judge, having nobody to play with." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She puts her head in my lap and looks at me with lonely eyes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I’m lonely and miserable and think of you always and hope you will write me right away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z "So what? The woman was lonely and wanted some attention, so she did something about it. And quite creatively, too. Those painted crutches are a touch of genius." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Alone? My best friends are in the barn cellar. It is a very sociable place. Not at all lonely.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z In his lonely wanderings he came into the country around Thebes and he heard what was happening there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Men with vacant eyes, bells on diner doors, motels so bleak and lonely they settle in your bones. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t do for a Black man and his family to be caught on a lonely country road on a night when Joe Louis had proved that we were the strongest people in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t help but wonder why all of them were still there, roaming around the big house, lonely and lost. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z When she felt lonely, she could feel their hands gripping hers in their secret handshake. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z The rest was sky and air and lonely space. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he’s lonely, she said, and I just looked at her wondering if she expected me to open a Home for the Socially Challenged or what. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was two years before Lancelot came back to court— and it was a lonely time for those at home. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam said, “A lonely man. I must have been far down in myself not to have thought of that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was the loneliest time of my life. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “But, you know, as stunning as it was out there, it was too lonely for me. Stef’s not going to make it, is she?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered that Cyrus was lonely and alone—and knew it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “The streets are full of people yet one feels lonelier than one would in a village.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be lonely around here, what with both you and Perilee gone.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Sometimes, can you imagine, people ask me if I am lonely here!” he said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Like the dragons living in temple eaves, my mother looked down on plain people who were lonely and afraid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a vast area of deeply wooded wilderness—of endless chains of lonely lakes and rushing rivers. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He had broken through the horizons into a cold and lonely outside. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The only things left were the stove and Uncle’s prize chair, looking lonely and forlorn in the center of the empty room. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I know about this kind of story—the lonely look down upon the hungry; the hungry look down upon the starving. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z John would have preferred his own fireside if it had not been so lonely, but as it was he gratefully took the next best thing and enjoyed his neighbor’s society. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Overlooked by my family, forgotten by Hamlet, and ignored by the queen, I felt as lonely as a leper. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I saw what a cold, lonely life awaited me in this country. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “The things people do to keep from being lonely,” sighed Nhamo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She cracked and settled under the girl’s footfalls, and felt a little less lonely. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The upland just goes on and on, open, dry and lonely. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z A lonely, lambent woman looking out at her embittered aunt’s ornamental garden, listening to a tangerine. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t realized how lonely until now—now that she was no longer alone. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I was lonely and told them I was new in town. I wanted someone to talk to.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to her that Caroline ought to know that you didn’t pick your friends just because they were handy—or even lonely. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We all ran outside when we heard his truck on our lonely road. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And then she stood and not watched because looking at her family felt really lonely right now. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Little lonely one, You clung to me as a garment clings; my girl. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z After living most of his life in Venice, he moved to Vienna in his sixties and died there lonely and impoverished. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z After a while playing like this got lonely. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the darkness of a family lit up by the power and the glory, let my mother unleash the truth and love and disappointment of her life, and sit in a lonely man’s cinema. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The lonely flower had not been forgotten after all. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Their ministrations do not diminish the lonely dignity of the ruins. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was a cold, lonely night, and we huddled around our oil stove while Mama and Woody and Chizu began to talk about the day. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the lonely mountain and the snake, the pheasant in the mulberry tree. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Most of the time you got the feeling they were lonely and fed up and wanted to go back home to their other lives as much as we did. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “The woman was mad as a bat, screechin’ and flappin’ about, her black petticoats all torn and flutterin’ around her ankles as she dashed through that big lonely house of hers.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z As he neared the hamlet, he saw smoke in several of the chimneys and breathed a sigh of relief, for it was so lonely and decayed, he had feared it was a ghost town. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time I thought about the competition, I got that plum-pit feeling in my stomach, and being the captain made it even scarier—lonelier, too. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They soon realized that the woodland on this left bank was lonely, thick and overgrown—denser than the nut copses and bluebell woods of Sandleford. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s only one possible answer: “I’m longing so much...and have for such a long time. I’m so lonely and now I’ve found comfort!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They were like gifts to the lonely boy; he read them over again and again, and then placed them carefully in the big envelope containing the President’s letter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Landlubber might see it as lonely, I s’pose. A man like you might get lonely out there—a man who talks for a living. I—” “Oh, yes,” said Alvin Hooks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel lonely or left out, because I knew my job was very important, and that Neil and Buzz could never get home without me. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it's where we all live, so maybe it doesn't have to be so lonely. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And yet for the longest time I’ve felt extremely lonely, left out, neglected and misunderstood. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “But I wonder about your choice of companions. Are you a lonely child?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z On the Saturday before my dinner a very good-natured friend and I drove down to a lonely stretch of shoreline beneath the San Mateo Bridge. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “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 Compared to the coziness of sharing with my brothers, my bed for one seems large and lonely. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching John and Sherrie work toward each other in my presence is more difficult, not for their awkwardness but for how lonely they seem. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And because she knows airplanes can be lonely places and because she knows how desperate loneliness can be, she pays extra attention to her passengers. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z If they floated from the far ends of the land and all came together, that would be a town, and he wouldn’t be lonely anymore... Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The children could look back and see their own car, green and lonely, in the middle of the parking lot. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a game to Megan, and I felt sorry for how sad and lonely she was going to end up. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z All of these long, lonely runs are making her paranoid. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It makes me feel a little less lonely anyway. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It took care of her lonely evenings, it helped Mama out and gave Francie a few hours each day to sit in the park with Laurie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I know all about how he was angry and frustrated and lonely and heartbroken when he was run out of baseball, but when he was playing, he must’ve always been so scared. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z A scream erupts from me, lonely in the still summer night. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z So I told God that I was lonely, even having Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My goal with Dollywould was to create a space that was empowering to young people—especially young women—who had tastes outside of the mainstream and felt lonely, like no one understood them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “I feel lonely and worried. I’d like to stay here for a while if you don’t mind.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z There where the lonely wind of the llano sang to the lovers’ feat of your birth, there in those hills is your innocence. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some have been lonely and worked hard to support themselves, to pay off their own smuggling debts and save money to send home. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I was all alone, and felt lonely and sad. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It hit the wall beyond with a lonely clatter. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Those who could were lonely children who shared Ralph’s interest in fast cars and motorcycles and who took the trouble to listen. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z It’s lonely in my family when he’s not around. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a lonely thing but it relates us to the world. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They said that evil still crept out of the ruins of the Witch Kingdom—and that old women with iron teeth still wandered the lonely roads in the mountain passes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I just think you're super lonely. I'm not going to do that to myself.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But right now I just feel lonely and unwanted in the real world. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It was a lonely, lonely sound, but so clear, so beautiful that I tightened my arms against my sides to keep from shaking, perhaps shattering. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Left behind and lonely, Jones suffered more bad news. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Her heart cold within her, Pitipiti made her way back to her lonely hut and wept. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Dewey knew that even if he were to snare the mur-derers the next day, Marie would not change her mind—for once an awful fate had befallen friends who lived in a lonely country house. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been down the lonely road to those games, where the heartbeat had resonated more spectacularly than in the healthiest newborn. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The path of the double agent was lonely and perilous. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But if April had imagined that it would be easy to have a quiet personal interview with the Professor in his lonely store, she was mistaken. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Now there are just empty cages, the lonely mirrors glancing back at them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When I decided to compose this intellectual autobiography, a New York editor told me that I would embark on a lonely journey. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Quincy, having already heard about the meeting that night, put a finger to his lips and shook his head, at the same time glancing at the heavy, lonely figure of Otis. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it lonely and bleak in the office? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And James Henry Trotter, who once, if you remember, had been the saddest and loneliest little boy that you could find, now had all the friends and playmates in the world. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z No one, riot even Violet, knew what it was that permitted him to leave his fields and woods and secret lonely valleys. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d been quiet all the way home, but not a hard, lonely quiet. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Scattered throughout it are certain words, such as “worried,” “Florida,” “old,” “lonely,” “gray,” “bingo,” and “wrinkle.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z At first I found the thought of my own room exciting—an empty space to be arranged as I wanted, without regard to Stephen and his strewn clothes and wooden guns—but now I’m lonely. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I first saw that picture in the daily digital news feed our history teacher made us subscribe to, and I think it might be the loneliest picture I’ve ever seen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Cardamon Kings, Coffee Counts and Rubber Barons—old boarding-school buddies—came down from their lonely, far-flung estates and sipped chilled beer at the Sailing Club. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The preciousness lies in the lonely mind of a man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It looked so lonely and empty sitting there in the moonlight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They had rested in the straw of a starveall, or lonely barn, and woken to find themselves attacked by rats. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sounds dumb. But I am lonely. Ever since my dad shot you. He and my mother fight. They’re sad all the time.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z There were lonely big slides and microscopically out of line desks and lunch tables that survived gravity shifts. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Emma spent that summer at Down, but she felt it would be too lonely to stay there without Charles in the winter. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was satisfying and lonely, both at once. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, I’m so lonely and bored without Carla or any of my other cousins around. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z But, somehow, she was a little less lonely than she’d been when she climbed the stairs. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And all of us laughed as we walked and drove and rode our way back to our lonely, lonely houses. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Silent in the moonlight, it was like some patient prehistoric creature that had crawled down from the mountains: dumb, lonely, biding its time, untroubled by the articles of playground equipment which surrounded it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “That was just because I know about those words, alone and lonely, that's all. It was just an unfortunate stroke of luck.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I kept my eyes closed, trying to recall the sound and movement of train on track that could make you feel lonely sometimes and peaceful at others. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Her name—spoken by this strange being in this strange, lonely place! Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Three a.m. would get a whole lot lonelier the next time she saw it against the backs of her eyelids. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And I had detected that Finny’s was a den of lonely, selfish ambition. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven whole cars kept the lonely traffic light company as they waited for green. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It was lonely and boring work, even with Ghost along for company, but Jon found he did not mind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Poor Pippin, shut up in the great city of stone, lonely and afraid. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z On a lonely stretch of Highway 80, they were overtaken by a carload of Ku Klux Klansmen who pulled alongside them. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z From deep in the hole something called, like the lonely wail of a night bird. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It made me start to wonder if there were other people so lonely so close. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Anywhere else, Yolanda would find him extremely attractive, but here on a lonely road, with the sky growing darker by seconds, his good looks seem dangerous, a lure to catch her off her guard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But the lonely moon never seemed to gaze comfortably down at her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z But the silence of the heart between mother and child is not a lonely one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d say there were twice as many women as men in there, not only kitchen workers and maids, but also war wives and defense- worker women, lonely and looking. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you ever considered how lonely it is to be the girl on a pedestal?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Her apprehension was evident in the hurried movements around the kitchen and in her lonely fearing eyes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z How lonely it must have been to live twenty-some years with such a disease, to persist without complaint as your body is slowly and inexorably consumed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z As I lay there in my white hotel bed feeling lonely and weak, I thought I was up in that sanatorium in the Adirondacks, and I felt like a heel of the worst sort. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But the two mutes were not lonely at all. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z His cold nights in the trenches, wet and lonely. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z And I had friends, I was a lucky one, but I was lonely anyway. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered what they would say if they could see him now, cold and lonely, in the vast empty school. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z And even though we’d never actually met in person, he’d told me more than once that I was his best friend, so I assumed he was just as isolated and lonely as I was. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z This was in the middle of Greenland, and, as everybody knows, Greenland then as now was the loneliest place on the Earth. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “He sounded lonely on the phone, now didn’t he?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Pippin felt lonely and made up his mind to speak as the man passed; but he had no need. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Even his old friends were included in this, so that now Carl was a lonely man who understood land and work, boat and sea, his own hands, better than his mouth and heart. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “My daughter leave for college soon. Both our children will be far away. Hiroshi is hurting inside”—she presses her hand to her chest—“because I think he will be too lonely without anyone around.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He would have felt lonely and homesick, had Charlotte not been with him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Along the river the tormented cry of a lonely goddess filled the valley. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z One cold and lonely night I’d done the math to calculate how many feet that was. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But still—didn’t they know how lonely she felt? In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Hers had been a lonely sojourn, and for most of it she had been hurt and hungry... yet despite it all she had been strangely happy here. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Like Father said down the long and lonely light-rays you might see Jesus walking, like. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never understood why my mom hung out with Quisqueya at all, except that my mom craved friends—any friends—as a way to keep her from feeling lonely here. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Even the lonely four-toothed widower who repaired our handbags in the market could not be persuaded to propose. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Yes. And he was lonely in the grave, so one night his ghost got up, walked back to the house, and whispered, ‘boo,’ in his wife’s ear. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And a fourth so the third doesn’t feel lonely. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And as my family continues to focus on their own things, smoothly forgetting about the awkwardness over the elevator, I feel more and more like a lonely storm cloud. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In his lonely journeying, the boy had learned to tell himself the stories his mother had told him at night in the cabin. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was the one who comforted him when he was scared or lonely. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z And so the day passed very long and lonely for him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z It is the face of a sad, lonely girl something bad has happened to. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The town was as lonely as the cabin, he thought. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The first two years I'd spent wandering the streets by myself were lonely ones. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z I don’t have many friends and feel lonely all the time. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In that lonely place Frodo for the first time fully realized his homelessness and danger. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “General Pickett is gravely concerned, sir. He wishes to inquire if there are any Yankees left. He says to tell you that he personally is bored and his men are very lonely.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked endless; wild and lonely and free. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I had always flinched inwardly from the lonely terror that I had thought I would feel in a strange city, and now I had found a home with friendly people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Late that day, besieged by fears, very lonely and quite famished, I fell to my knees and prayed with deep-hearted, sobbing words. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “We never got lonely on the ranch,” she said harshly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Donay’s body is there in the middle, shrunk in the big coffin, looking lonely to me. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, along with feeling lonely and humiliated, they had all become suspects. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That when he traveled the world and lived far from his mama, he was lonely too and wrote poems about it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z This lonely and motionless figure knew a secret which was hidden from the others. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In this case, I think they were being more lenient than usual because they knew how much I’d wanted the social experience of high school after my lonely year in private school. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On the way home they stopped on the lonely Atlantic outcrop of St. Helena, where they met Maskelyne, whose observations had been thwarted by cloud cover. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “An’ I’ve packed his teddy bear in case he gets lonely.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes he saw himself hunched over his rooming house desk, working on his master’s thesis; he remembered the lonely desperation with which he’d worried the equations. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And from some room far above the street came the lonely, peaceful sound of a moon guitar. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The thoughts merged into the Beiderman and their brownstone and her basement, and Isa felt so lonely and lost that she didn’t know how their mission to win him over could possibly succeed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They said the City makes you lonely, but since I’d been trained by the best woodsman ever, loneliness was a thing couldn’t get near me. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He slept at last, miserable, aching, and lonely. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I was so lonely that I kept sewing on my moccasins to keep myself busy. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As she raised her comforter and slipped under the sheets, she looked as if she were all alone in the world, as lonely as a woman with two grown daughters could be. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He could almost hear her, just as if she were sitting in the boat with him on the lonely ocean. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Not talking can make a guy pretty lonely. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z Across the river where lonely farms dotted the hills, whirlwinds and dust devils darkened the horizon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen more marsh birds and had heard, far in the distance, the weird and lonely voice of a loon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like a pretty lonely way to live. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z As we began the walk home, I kept my eyes open for the grave marker, still curious about what lonely soul might be buried alone, but we never passed it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z As he drove, his windows down, the smell of the sea in his nose, he thought about the many times Kainene had driven him down the same lonely road. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It would be lonely there for a stranger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a funny kind of anger, for he felt like crying, too.The house was so lonely without Celia singing, banging pots, or talking about people he had never seen and never would see. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If there were to be life on the moon, it would have a lonely time waiting for acceptance to membership here. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a hard and lonely job—the hardest and loneliest in the world, it often seemed to me—but he knew that he had an obligation to stay open, to shut nothing out. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I can’t remember what I was watching, but at some point I must have felt lonely, or happy, or something, because 1 wanted to talk to someone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Truth and fancy were so mixed up in her mind—as they are in the mind of every lonely child—that she didn’t know which was which. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a mere settlement, far more lonely and dreary than Saybrook. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Luma enjoyed the calm and quiet of the mountains but sometimes felt lonely. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It’s a lost and lonely kind of feeling, To wake up wearing a disguise. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Once a lonely outpost, Sing Sing now occupies fifty-five acres of prime real estate in suburban Westchester, one of the priciest counties in the United States. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was just another sad, lost, lonely soul, wasting his life on a glorified videogame. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But she had become accustomed to being lonely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And into this darkness slowly swam the other Dr. Meescham's giant squid, moving sadly along, flailing its eight lonely and enormous arms. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Maybe it was a lonely immigrant with no family. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Far above them, a lonely little black cloud amassed. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z All my life I’ve felt lonely, and it has always left an ache inside me, like there’s a supernatural presence crushing my heart within its fist. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I had to—he was looking lonely when I left.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It was lonely sleeping without that fool doll. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The room was cavernous and lonely at night. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. But my lonely is mine. Now your lonely is somebody else’s. Made by somebody else and handed to you. Ain’t that something? A secondhand lonely.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He was so small and thin that there was room for Hanako to sit next to him right now, but she didn’t want Papa to feel lonely. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z A few had even been known to say it was no barrow; just a hill, but if so it was a lonely hill, for most of the barrowlands were flat and windswept. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I think the voices keep her from feeling lonely. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She hated to think of her mom being lonely, or afraid, or sad, and at the same time, she was so mad at her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Chronically ill, having recently lost two young children, his wife was described as “stupid, sulking, lonely, melancholy.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “He sounds rich. And lonely. I bet he does these broadcasts from a huge mansion, big as this whole colony, a house with a thousand rooms and a thousand servants.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Now, along the lonely expanses of wiry turf, the air wavered. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I cried for myself because I was alone and lonely on my birthday. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z But we were never lonely and never afraid when we were together. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In a lot of ways, living with Charlie was like having my own place, and I found myself reveling in the aloneness instead of being lonely. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I was alone again in my cabin, feeling even lonelier than before. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She sees the lonely motel room that speaks to a mission. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Now the cabin had the look of a lonely old man brooding in the summer sunlight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “They loved you, Crow. They didn’t want you to become ill, like they were. And you said it yourself: They knew how lonely Jason was in that orphanage and they wanted something better for you.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Not lonely, just alone—riding her bike across campus or sitting off by herself in the cafeteria—even dancing, she danced alone—and it was the aloneness that filled him with love. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He left it in a great lonely field, where it was found by a...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Was there any word from her?” prodded Yossarian, who had been brooding incessantly about the girl, wondering how much she was suffering, and feeling almost lonely and deserted without her ferocious and unappeasable attacks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At one o’clock in the morning, my little brother, who in my lonely days of inferno dwelling had protected me from goblins, gnomes, gremlins and the devils, was leaving home. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt far away from things and lonely. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The place felt so sad and lonely, I was glad when Chiron put his hand on my shoulder and said, “Come along, Percy.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He had practiced his recitation over and over, hour after lonely hour. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the tone of someone who knew what it was like to be lonely. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then the time would come once more when I no longer listened for the steps on the stairs and felt lonely and cried into my pillow every night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And that is an incredibly lonely thing to think about. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I was glad, too, because school really is lonely without them. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Then we found a good spot among some sand dunes at the lonely end of the beach, and there we settled down to sleep for the night. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He kissed his mother on the cheek before picking up the lonely nickel that was left for him to spend as he pleased. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The two aging men saw her through her loneliest and most difficult hours, through the malignant limbo of turning from a howling tomboy into a young woman. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Every time Roberto and I went home in the evenings to an empty house, I felt lonely. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Still, Nye was glad to have seen it; each item—the palliatives for sore gums, the greasy Honolulu pillow—gave him a clearer impression of the owner and his lonely, mean life. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He came to a solitary Martian graveyard, a series of small hexagonal stones on a hill swept by the lonely wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “They always go for you, the lonely ones, don’t they? They make a beeline straight for you.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound floats over all, clear like the night, liquid, serene, and lonely. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was beautiful and still, a wild and lonely place. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she let us out through the back door, into a lonely alley littered with plastic bags and broken bottles. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z An American flag, stark and lonely against the violet sky, whipped back and forth on the brass flagpole. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The other thing that sprang to mind was that the moon was beautiful at night from a distance, but it surely was a lonely place up close. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I’m glad of that, he is so lonely. Good night, Mother, dear. It is so inexpressibly comfortable to have you here,” was Meg’s answer. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I told her, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be anyone.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I had never felt more lonely or disconnected in my life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Dandy and Grandma had moved back to Dandy’s hometown of Georgetown, South Carolina, and Grandma, he reported, was finding herself a bit lonely. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And no matter how hard she fought it, Delphine’s death had left her feeling raw and lonely, especially when she passed the spot each day where her sister had always waited for her after school. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Either way I felt free and lonely and I didn’t know whether I was happy or unhappy, but something very strange had happened. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Even at midnight he would be in the red-light district trying to console with predictions of good luck the lonely women who were weeping beside their phonographs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But the impression here was of a simple and lonely life. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Never could I have imagined being in a house full of family and still feeling lonely. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In the end they settled down for the night in a far-flung field belonging to a lonely farm, from which they had managed to obtain eggs and bread. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I purely came over because I thought you looked extremely lonely. You have an extremely sensitive face.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Hell could be no more lonely or hopeless, no more agonizingly estranged from the world of order and harmony. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if you get lonely, you can talk to me with your . . . trick all you want. I’ll try to answer back.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She knows how lonely my school days are. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Billie spends much of her time fishing in a nearby tank in the afternoons—a lonely existence. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’ll come around. He’s just...well, I don’t know. Maybe lonely for the ways things were.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She was simply a reformer without a cause, and therefore lost, and lonely, and exhausted. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He isn’t religious, scoffs at Jesus Christ and takes the Lord’s name in vain, and though I’m not Orthodox either, it hurts me every time to see him so lonely, so scornful, so wretched. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Preparing for their journey south, the martins flapped and fretted in the eaves, and, from the blanket of mist hovering over the lake, I heard the harsh, lonely cry of the mallards. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was during this lonely time, when any high cry made the milk spill from my breasts, that I got careless. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z One long, lonely night a few months after he returned, he decided it wasn’t worth living. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Lawrence was not to get behind the wheel of an automobile for any distance longer than a few miles, or travel “without suitable protection on any lonely road” or after dark. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If only lonely were a more accurate word. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I couldn’t know then that I would spend the entire school year of 1958-59 in lonely isolation and despair—waiting in vain. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was lonely and on the verge of tears. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The way he says “us” makes me feel lonely. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not being fair. You had you a dog when you were little, but Arliss has never had one. He’s too little for you to play with, and he gets lonely.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was suddenly clear how lonely his life has been. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It was near the beginning of February and, poor me, I’d come home from another lonely day at school to roam around my empty house for a while, but I’d ended up in the garage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It advertised sunshine and palm trees and recovery, but Maya thought that behind all the perks, it just looked lonely. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Buddy's mother had even arranged for me to be given a job as a waitress at the TB sanatorium that summer so Buddy wouldn't be lonely. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As Johnny stood among the graves of lonely Copp’s Hill looking across the broad mouth of the Charles, he could see lights in the houses of Charlestown. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Hei body’s dumpling plumpness made warm and cuddly what could have looked nasty and cheap, and she was okay, a lonely and pretty gentle woman underneath. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When the child was born he bound its feet together and had it exposed on a lonely mountain where it must soon die. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Near as I could tell, it was just a wing, a back, and a gizzard, laying lonely on the platter. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The guardian of the lake was a lonely man, the more so because he had a wife. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sounds were occasional snorts from the engine of Dr. Stanpole’s car when it turned over with special reluctance, and a thin, lonely whistling the wind sometimes made high in the still- bare trees. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted me to have somebody when she left, because ... it is exceptionally lonely, being Draco Malfoy. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Far inward they glimpsed a tumbled mountain-mass with one tall peak, at the mouth of the vale there stood like a sentinel a lonely height. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She paused, thinking of their lonely house on top of the hill, her basement bedroom, her parents’ insular lives. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z And me, a lonely girl who missed her family and begged for a second chance. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Such men are rare now, but in the nineties there were many of them, wandering men, lonely men, who wanted it that way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Shin spent long hours by himself, feeling desperately lonely, in his one- room apartment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But at school one of his teachers had said, “Christmas is the time to think about people who are lonely. For somebody living all alone, Christmas can be the saddest time of the year.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She would be lonely and prey for people who sought to undermine her under the guise of being her friends. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the coach called names from his list of tryouts, Ben looked around and studied faces as lonely as his. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The latter option seems somehow less lonely, especially if I can find one of my favorite programs—Titus or Third Rock from the Sun. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed hard to believe that he was a lonely person, searching relentlessly in bottles, under women’s skirts, in church work and lofty job titles for his “personal niche,” lost before birth and unrecovered since. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or better yet, go find Bax if you are so lonely. See the two of you around together enough anyway.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But no stray pup came to him along the lonely, empty stretches of road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though it sounds like my dad has a lot of tíos and tías to turn to, I wonder if he’s lonely. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Because he writes poems about being colored and living up North but missing the South and feeling lonely. Miss Fulton likes his poems too.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I knocked again, but she turned up the volume, and the Beatles sang about all the lonely people and wondered where they all came from. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z This had been my solution to the lonely lunchtime problem. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “At first, I was so lonely it hurt. But with time, I felt peaceful inside.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And I forget the ancestral graves I have left on a hillside of a faraway land, the loneliest stones that each year go unblessed. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, far far off, beyond the godswood and the haunted towers and the immense stone walls of Harrenhal, from somewhere out in the world, came the long lonely howl of a wolf. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We’d only written each other a couple of times, and that was right when she’d first left and was probably a little lonely, though she didn’t ever say so in her letters. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Strength to the strong and the lordly and lonely. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Or a trick of the eye, like crouching shapes on dark, lonely streets that turn out to be trash cans up close. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It seemed a lonelier sound than usual, as if it were echoing around an empty home. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Sharon lived with her husband, Karim, and they had a marriage that wasn’t punctuated by violent fights and lonely tears like the relationships she witnessed growing up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Change must take place. It is important. To remain as you are would lead to isolation. You would be doomed to a lonely existence, ripped apart from those you love.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “It’s what I say in my head, though. Especially when I feel lonely. See my mom’s the littler one who’s smilin’. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I can only suspect that the lonely man peoples his driving dreams with friends, that the loveless man surrounds himself with lovely loving women, and that children climb through the dreaming of the childless driver. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The combination of old food and nothing made me lonely. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Somewhere ahead, water falls in a lonely drip. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z You play cards with a lonely older man and you find new respect for yourself, because you are needed. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Never, not since he knelt by his window sill wishing he could fly, had he felt so lonely. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a little lonely eating by myself, but I’m getting better at balancing the tray and keeping my food from spilling all over the place. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “I felt very lonely when they were all there.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Mom was surprised by how lonely and isolated America felt. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We’re having him to Christmas dinner because he’s foreign, he’s far from home, he will be lonely, and they don’t even have Christmas in his country. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Miss Armstrong was a kindly person and she took a helpful interest in Francie and tried to draw her out in conversation so that she wouldn’t feel lonely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been pleased at first, watching Moody and her lonely daughter, who had been uprooted so many times, who had never really been close to anyone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z How can invisible men make themselves more lonely by being seen? A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I thought you might be lonely without me, so I got you a souvenir. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Raymie didn’t think that she had ever felt so lonely in her life. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z One ancient street lamp is trying to light this lonely place, sputtering its life away. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But Antain had also believed that he would spend his life alone, and lonely. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But that only led to a lonely life accompanied only by the last words of the already-dead, so I came here looking for a Great Perhaps, for real friends and a more-than-minor life. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Maybe she was as lonely as we were. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Outside, it was empty and lonely and I had grown to like that too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The countryside was less wild now, and once or twice they saw small lonely hamlets in the distance. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Up from the lonely hills, drifting on the wind, came a woman’s voice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it feels a little lonely, but at least it’s on my terms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z A remarkably foul odor hung in the air, and the passage descended to a lonely black door with an iron padlock. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The eyes, circled by this sad and beautiful darkness, were so sorrowful, lonely, gentle and nobly tragic, that they killed all other emotion except love. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “It looks so lonely and lost, maybe you shouldn’t shave it. And maybe you should name it ‘Ryan Dean.’” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It held many secrets within its huge body, and it seemed to be lonely, although it was surrounded by other mountains. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z She hid her blushes and her shame in a lonely cave, and never could be comforted. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Zitty and lonely, I woke up on the reservation as an Indian, and somewhere on the road to Reardan, I became something less than Indian. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z They left her with him all day now, to watch over him and clean him and keep him from being lonely, but she just made it worse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z No one thought about whether the popular girl was lonely when she went home. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Three babies in less than two lonely years I had. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But Triphena meant Mistress Cutler as well as that lonely, airless attic. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z And he must feel lonely on account of how he came up the hill on his own. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z He and his companions were a muddy handful of scratchers, crouching in a narrow, drafty pit in lonely country. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Like it makes it feel less lonely or something. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z To Ismene, shocking as it was, overwhelming her with anguish for the pitiful dead body and the lonely, homeless soul, it seemed, nevertheless, that nothing could be done except to acquiesce. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I think she might be lonely, that her life could do with a bit of intrigue. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pan angry, part hurt, but mostly unhappy and very lonely. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I get lonely sometimes up at our house, but today I want to be with that loneliness. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, his ties were too wide, and they were all painted with strange and lonely pictures of deserted beaches, haunted-looking forests, or UFOs. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Our milpita, beautiful to me, lies not far from a lonely stretch of railroad tracks. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, it was a hard, lonely prison of a place to be. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z A miscarriage is lonely, painful, and demoralizing almost on a cellular level. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Devoted to God. Can we walk together on the road? I’m...kind of lonely.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z An old, lonely pepper tree stood guard next to it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Now when I thought of ways to escape from my environment I no longer felt the inner restraint that would have made stealing impossible, and this new freedom made me lonely and afraid. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias could not help feeling a certain amount of sympathy for the lonely aristocrat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As young as they were, it was funny to listen to Vonetta, Fern, and Michael sing about how they’ve been lonely all their lives. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z There at last were the darkened woods, the lonely roads, the river banks, the gentle knowing eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z When I am lonely for boys it’s their bodies I miss. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was picked so he wouldn’t be lonely in New York. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Dead is dead, and lonely is lonely, and they both stink. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Jonas held Mother through the lonely morning hours, rocking her gently, as she used to do with us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But even though Daffodil Manor was lonely, the house was not alone. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She also suffered from the barb of a lonely love. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “That would be nice, for I will he lonely without you.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There aren’t many giants left in the world, and I get lonely from time to time.’ Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z What’s more, they doubted that he had ever taken a woman into the back seat, because rumor was that he went to “bad houses” or lay, sometimes, with a slack or lonely female tenant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The sound made her feel sad and lonely, but no less hungry. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were pictures of lovers in lonely parks, with vignettes of hearts pierced with arrows and golden ribbons held by doves. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Beyond its battered frame the black-barked trees grew straight to the heavens, disdaining the forest floor, where tangled heather and brush hid the path leading from this lonely spot. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But today, during vocabulary, Mr. Daniels brings up two words: alone and lonely. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It appeared lonely and forsaken, running down to empty ruins in the mist. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I began to feel lonely for Mr. Freeman and the encasement of his big arms. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Down a lonely dirt road deep in the woods, we ate venison in a falling-down country shack belonging to some more distant cousins. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Even from behind the curtain, I can hear Elizabeth’s brother laughing, her confident voice in reply, and the sounds pull me back to that lonely, hollow feeling I always get on Halloween. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I had been so busy sitting there moping and feeling lonely that I’d nearly forgotten my commitment—well, plan, at least—to try reinventing myself this year, to not be such an outcast. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In spite of his friendliness and his friends Doc was a lonely and a set-apart man. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Another lonely place opened up inside me, right alongside the empty space Gran used to fill. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There was a face before me, a lean and shriveled face like an apple too long in the barrel, a lonely face and sick with loneliness. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved all of it: smoke rings and lonely squids and giant donuts and Flora Belle Buckman’s round head and all the wonderful thoughts inside of it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z ‘I’m in there too. It gets real lonely in there, doesn’t it?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The only sound was the clear, lonely song of a spring bird in the darkness outside. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Where lonely women go to dance...Costume balls. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z As we got closer to the screen, I could hear High on a hill was a lonely goatherd, and could smell the cotton candy from one of the concession stands near the food trucks. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I wondered if Doc was lonely before he came to live with us, but I guess it didn’t matter now. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Can’t one cousin visit another cousin? It’s a lonely country. Maybe I missed the sight of your monkey’s face.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I am an accomplice to the world’s oldest crime, he told himself in his loneliest moments. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He told her he hadn’t realized how lonely it is inside a biohazard suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One evening as she looked for a campsite, she felt lonely. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They retreated to keep under cover in some dark lonely spot. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z That the word had been written by a man confessing to an image in his mind, confiding a lonely preoccupation, disgusted her profoundly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I was a little lonely up here,” Mother said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “When I came here so young, sometimes I was very lonely and frightened. But the feel of the wood was calming.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably, it’s because her runs are usually so lonely. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I am like my mama in that I like to be told stories. But before you start telling it, can Winn-Dixie come in and listen, too? He gets lonely without me.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The reason I am thinking so far in advance is because school is terribly lonely. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The next time Edwin visited, Cole said to him, “Christmas was really lonely. I felt like the whole world had forgotten about me.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In such a lonely void you can begin to understand how even the most significant objects–Pluto’s moon, for example–have escaped attention. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes he felt so lonely among all these females—even the one rooster had died, and they hadn’t yet gotten another. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z How lonely Grandma must have been, in spite of us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Lights go off in a lonely house at the end of the macadam, and I’m on a dirt road. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Only now I would get so lonely with the tent so empty that I slept outside. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think a few of our guests look lonely...” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z On his way across town, with the helicopters fluttering like torn bits of paper in the sky, he phoned the alarm at a lonely phone booth outside a store that was closed for the night. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z A small dresser with a lonely lamp on top is placed beneath the window. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It is a country of far-flung, lonely farms and a few widely scattered small towns and villages, of lonely trappers’ shacks and logging camps. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “One or two lonely souls,” the guard said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z For the first time, it struck me that Belet had to be very lonely. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir. I think somebody on the boat is lonely. He and his girlfriend back home are probably totally into secret codes and junk.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Thereupon he resumed his trudge up the slope, the lonely and unfamiliar terrain, remote from everything; nothing lived here except himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Ms. Faraci deserved better than to be marooned on such a lonely planet. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The lonely river was a sad place to be when one is a small boy who has just seen a friend die. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But so far only the certainty of death was his; only the unabating hate of the white faces could be seen; only the same dark cell, the long lonely hours, only the cold bars remained. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Because he felt lonely in the unfamiliar town he kept close behind them and listened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Its orbit is so irregular that for substantial periods on each of its lonely circuits around the Sun it is closer to us than Neptune is. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. They tell me this is cold. I don’t know what cold is, because I don’t freeze. So I don’t know what lonely means either. Bears are made to be solitary.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Even in the dear close contact with a girl Mack felt that Doc would be lonely. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When she died he had been very lonely. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Were it not for Chaol, he would have felt immensely lonely. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The most decent people are being sent to concentration camps, prisons and lonely cells, while the lowest of the low rule over young and old, rich and poor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z After only two or three months in the reading room of the British Museum, it became clear that I had joined a lonely community. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was lonely and sad and isolated and terrified. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The colonel dreaded his dank lonely nights at his farmhouse and the dull, uneventful days. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I imagine him out there, spinning farther and farther away from the planet Earth, as lonely and scared as I feel deep down inside myself. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “And Auntie Spiker! Couldn’t we all—please—just for once—go down to the seaside on the bus? It isn’t very far—and I feel so hot and awful and lonely...” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Later that day, passing along a street in a strange and lonely town, he saw a man dump a box of trash into a barrel. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He wants Theo to join him on his path because he's lonely. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She can go be sad and lonely at home. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He must be the loneliest gorilla in the world,” he said, clutching his mother’s hand. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Amil and I sat around by the door like lonely dogs and waited for Papa. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He’d started with his first visit to Jen’s house, and Mother had immediately scolded, “Oh, Luke, how could you? The danger...I know you’re lonely, but honey, promise us, never again...” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z She seemed to be the only lonely one in Brooklyn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s hard not to feel lonely sometimes, and sad. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Just a whole lot of lifeless, lonely nothing in every direction. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She was a lonely child and she longed for the companionship of other children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The old man said he was lonely and seemed genuinely happy to share his space and his meals with someone else. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z There were lonely cabins and stone cottages in the heights, and guard towers manned by Ghohg’s soldiers. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z After St. Louis, with its noise and activity, its trucks and buses, and loud family gatherings, I welcomed the obscure lanes and lonely bungalows set back deep in dirt yards. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing Miss Perumal again would be nice, but he would be in the same pickle as before: out of place among the other children, purposeless and lonely. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “How can I be lonely with the whole outdoors to play in?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z After that, every night seemed colder than the night before, and more lonely. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then he departed, leading his guest, the lonely stranger, home. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In short, they were lonely men and products of geography—island men who on occasion recognized that they wished to speak but couldn’t. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Was he reliving that lonely, terrifying time here after his parents’ divorce? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But the satellite stayed in orbit for more than five months after that—a lonely and most certainly dead dog circling and circling overhead while the earth traveled about 240 million miles through space. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Who will compute the lonely nights made less lonely by your songs, or by the empty pots made less tragic by your tales? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes, it seemed like everybody in the world was lonely. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z In fact this lonely rabbit would make a small stew and we would still be hungry while we washed the dishes afterward—a feeling we were trying to get used to. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d had a cordial, lonely, persevering face, and Ishmael turned now to stare into it, for there was a portrait of Arthur hung on the wall just to the left of a bookcase. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The air was lonelier after the sound died. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The biggest one, Allah forgive me, was that I was lonely. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I tell her about how Mom always wants everything to be perfect, like one of her architectural drawings, and about how I’ve been really lonely since Gram died. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z My heart lifts a little knowing that Ma has Geak to keep her from being too lonely. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could have easily made friends with stupid Dove, for Dove was lonely and admired Johnny as well as envied him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe if Papa finds out and her parents find out, they will see that we’re just two lonely girls who want to be friends. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I stood beside the house for a moment feeling frightened and lonely. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “If they’re lonely, we could invite them to sit with us at lunch.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I found myself laughing and actually holding conversations with her as though we were just a couple of lonely people talking without the extra burden of stupid barriers. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Of course, I missed her after she’d gone, but I didn’t have time to be lonely. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I had not felt so lonely before because I was sure that the ship would return as Matasaip had said it would. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They must get lonely, standing here all day in their high heels, spraying strangers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He stopped abruptly as something with dry whispering feet flitted across his path, emitting as the rush of its flight died a thin, piping wail of lonely fear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly I got very confused and lonely because I was at that moment telling her my list, and in the telling, it grew. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her old age would have been very lonely but for Flint. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z It was in a lonely place, and so Sibanda sang to make himself feel braver. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z She stood there for a moment, looking at the lonely, broken-down thing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Yossarian was never lonely with Nurse Duckett, who really did know how to keep her mouth shut and was just capricious enough. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “On the other side of that hill,” which rose up as if even the island itself had meant to keep the sick in their own, lonely place. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Morrow’s games had transported me out of my grim surroundings as a lonely kid growing up in the stacks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Yes, and hold and kiss a lonely mill girl. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I imagined him together with his wife on their farm, and for a moment I felt as lonely as I had on my first night in Vrindavan. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Thus he had passed over Enlad, stooping down to drink at a lonely forest pool, but on the wing again at once, driven by fear of the shadow that came behind him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But now, since it’s fall, the park is barren and looks lonely. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I stagger to my feet, a lonely silhouette in a vast emptiness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It gets a bit lonely in the Forest. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One lonely, sad tear that slides down to her chin, and then Momma swipes it away with the back of her hand. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Greenish light from a lonely light post shone on him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It’s odd to be so well known but to be lonely at the same time. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Her solitary breakfast did not taste good, and the room seemed lonely and untidy, for Jo had not filled the vases, Beth had not dusted, and Amy’s books lay scattered about. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z What made it sit at the edge of the lonely wood and pour its music into nothingness? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I think Kevin was as lonely and out of place as I was when I met him, though he was handling it better. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Maybe even lonelier than Ivy had ever been. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Their voices rose and fell, a chilly song, and lonely. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Shouldn’t we ask him to eat with us? He looks lonely.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I said she was right, that I had been feeling lonely, and that I was very glad she’d come over. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z This image seemed too sad to be true—it all struck me as so lonely and so very unMargo. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z After a long and wistful look at the lonely highway of the hall, Ralph found exploration more interesting and profitable than he had expected. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Seen through the open door Dad’s Hudson sat in lonely splendor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He thought of the cub hiding somewhere nearby, far from her mother, scared and lonely. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I thought of it standing there, all lonely, at the bottom of our small hillside, producing its peaches for nobody. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z A fragment of memory returned—recollection of myself as a youngster reading Lillian Smith’s Strange Fruit, her description of the Negro boy stopping along a lonely path to urinate. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I brought you a present. I thought it would make you feel less lonely, but now I’m not so sure.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I just knew that I was lonely, and I wanted to make it so that when I got with someone, I’d have some idea what to do. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Nothing is lonelier or more disorienting than insomnia. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z This conversation must be largely instinctive, she thought with amusement, and said gently, “You must be a very lonely person.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It was not the sort of happiness I had imagined in the lonely hours. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t forget, there’s only four more days to turn in your surveys. Only four more lonely days until your true love is revealed.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It’s extremely lonely up there, and you feel far away from everything. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He signed it, “Your lonely old bear of a husband.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 I hope he gets a frend and not be so lonely. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He fed himself and made his way, but his world had grown dark, narrow, and lonely. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly it feels like just about the loneliest place in the whole wide world. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Once inside they saw that Victor's tortoise-husband really looked quite lonely. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Vincent paints and tries to stay optimistic, but he is terribly lonely. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was a futile spread of pink rocks sleeping on a rise of sand, a few tumbled pillars, one lonely shrine, and then the sweep of sand again. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Played with them, I think. And also, pets provided company for lonely people. We don't have those now, of course.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It is so lonely being there forever without another Indian.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never felt so lonely in his life, abandoned, defenseless. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the lonely island was the best It was a town of birds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Presidents of corporations, state governors, movie stars — people he didn’t know but nonetheless understood to be lonely, and afraid of failure. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t the Net that drives kids into isolation or creates lonely children; the Net attracts lonely and ignored lads, and puts them in touch with others just like them. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, when Mr. Costa came in to sweep, he listened to the radio sing a mournful song about a lonely truck driver in jail who longed for his eighteen-wheel rig and the open highway. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z At parties, I was starting to get real lonely, even when there were other people around me, and it’s worse when you leave. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And to tell the truth, I was feeling scared and lonely without him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Four casinos down on the strip, Jule surveyed six restaurants until she found a place to order a coffee and chat up a lonely college student who was just starting work on the night shift. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Until Jade Dragon is no longer lonely and is reunited with at least one of her children, Fruitless Mountain will remain tare. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z For a long while, however, Cleofes led a fairly normal, if somewhat lonely, life. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s talked about this before, these lonely, drifting, sunless planets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She was very lonely that summer, and beaten down. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z In fact, most days, if you peeked inside the window, you would see only one orphan, all by herself but hardly lonely, standing on her tiptoes at the kitchen counter, baking a cake. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “A lot of lonely nights at sea, yes? Plenty of time to think.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I felt as lonely as I had that first day on the pier, looking at the crowd of strange Tang men. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d learned about his mother’s death and the long, lonely train ride to Pennsylvania. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The clerk looked so lonely, I bought a rubber rat. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Jethro let the ant go on its way, and sat staring at the shadows with the lonely ache that beauty sometimes brought to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z As an only child I might get lonely sometimes, but cousins are the best. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Of all the places he had been this was the loneliest town of all. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “It was lonely for him in Los Angeles without us,” Rosario’s wife explained. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z This was sinister and lonely, as well as unlikely. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It kind of depressed me to think a human could be so lonely that she would comfort herself with the company of appliances that whistle, and sit alone to eat. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But she only agreed because she liked Mr. Option so much, and because he was so tall and lonely and hopeful. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z “A forest in Albania. A lonely place I thought was far beyond my mother’s reach.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Iorek,” she said, “is it hard not having a daemon? Don’t you get lonely?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z It felt like such a lonely way to die. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I'm lonely enough to let myself believe that for one second, but I'm not hopeful enough to let myself believe it for any longer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It just meant that eventually things would get better, and make more sense, that your heart wouldn’t always feel so lonely. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z 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 Never having lived in a big city, she had been lonely and homesick that fall. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z And in this way, the years passed: a lonely workshop; solid, beautiful things; customers who praised his work but winced at the sight of his face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was lonely, uninhabited country, so that there were no bridges, and the river if anything became wider as they trotted along the banks. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I blew into the whistle as hard as I could, wishing that its sound would travel as far and wide as the cry of a lonely tiger. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Even though some of my friends had come to the new school as well, sometimes it felt like the loneliest place in the world. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They are ready companions, and their job is to soothe the lonely feeling of these men for a woman and a homeland. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z January is a hard, dry month and I’m lonely, I think. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I often found a lonely corner in my house, sat down, and wrapped my arms tightly around my body. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He was sullen and lonely and just generally angry at the world. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I felt, as I told one colleague, like the loneliest man in the world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The ringing went on unendingly, a lonely sound in the empty apartment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z People came to her lonely, grieving, sad for no reason, and left buoyed, their anxieties eased. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The Bordonis were childless, and when the wife died in ripe years a lonely longing for his Alpine past fell on her husband. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Not when she was hungry or lonely or scared. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Indeed how had Gollum kept himself in all his lonely wandering? The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z And then Bran was back abed in his lonely tower room, tangled in his blankets, his breath coming hard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That I had been lonely on the farm, surrounded by brothers and sisters with lives of their own, a mother with too many cares, and a pen full of chickens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Now, Reuven, listen very carefully to what I am going to tell you. Reb Saunders’ son is a terribly torn and lonely boy. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Or worrying about Mom, who seemed so lonely and worked way too hard. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z And then I talked to God about how I was lonely in Naomi because I didn’t know that many kids, only the ones from church. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z For ten cents, a lonely fellow could dance one dance with a pretty woman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Maybe it was just that I would be lonely in there all day. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He sounded like such a nice old man, but terribly lonely. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Two sons were born to them and all seemed well, even to Medea in her exile, lonely as exile must always be. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z So arithmetic was a warm and human thing to Francie and occupied many lonely hours of her time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It does not matter where it was— what does matter is dud Cochin was the castle where the now childless Elaine lived out her lonely middle age. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt lonely and guilty, and it occurred to her that if only she could be with Rosa she would feel much happier. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine a lonely queen in a cliff-top castle, looking out at her subjects below. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z As I stood and looked at the home of my birth, it looked sad and lonely. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't want to be wrapped up in someone's arms like they were, but I didn't want to be lonely, either. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When Nat got back to his room that night it seemed emptier and more lonely than it had at any time since his first night there, five years ago. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The church bell tolled and drew to it the widows in black, the lonely, faithful women who came to pray for their men. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought of the death of newborn things, lonely roads, and strangers who appear out of nowhere simply to hold one’s hand, woods in which the sun was always setting. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z They study only a single kind of biology, one lonely theme in the music of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "He must have been really lonely to make something like that up." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I’m less lonely at school with my teachers and books. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z He was obviously lonely and fearful of rejection by the very people he sought to help. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, her milk box sentinel, when she settled back into it, seemed even lonelier for her having yet one more thing to keep to herself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where lonely women go to dance,” Sierra said out loud. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z “The lonely church, right out on the marshes, with graves round it!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The wings next to their own wings would shade into vacancy, until each bird was a lonely sound in cold annihilation, a presence after uncreation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Howie never felt lonely, because he could go online at any moment and find himself flooded with messages. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Essentially, it went where access could be gained, mostly high up on the hills, over lonely ridges and forgotten hollows that no one had ever used or coveted, or sometimes even named. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z For the rest of the half, whenever he got the ball, Mandela turned and made a lonely dash for the Santos’ goal, refusing to pass to his open teammates. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “See the stars? And that asteroid field? And that lonely satellite going by? There’s no gravity. You’re weightless. You can do anything you want with your body. You just have to think it.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But as Izzi walks away, lonely and miserable, I hate the fact that it’s me who has made her feel that way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Then, at school, the instruction bids him to trust lonely reason primarily. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It's lonely traveling to the city alone. Come with me?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She was angry at him, but she was also bewilderingly lonely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “No spoon on earth has ever felt lonely or forgotten, Olive. But Henry? We must remind him and Ruby that we are their neighbors and friends.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z He was a moody, lonely young man, after all, afraid of strangers, awkward even with the adults he knew well, and the cousins were plump blond children of three and four. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I hate to go home to that lonely room. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But without the hummingbears and their shimmering nests, the trees seemed lonely and unfinished. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The story was about a lonely girl named Ivy whose house got destroyed by a tornado. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The one he falls back on when he’s lonely: Theo should quit his job and come be a painter with him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Ah, the young fieldmouse with the magic soup! Nice to see you, Cornflower. It gets lonely up this end where there’s no action.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I wish you didn’t feel lonely in the smart class. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I spent a lot of time with Tyson, playing with Mrs. O’Leary, but she would still howl at night when she got lonely for her old master. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I put Max's backpack next to me and think how lonely it looks without her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He began to sweep with a wide broom while the radio poured forth sad songs about lonely highways, broken hearts, and jail. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Sure enough, at the bottom of Valley Ridge was one lonely jeep parked by the side of the road. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It was lonely with no one here, but it was better than this. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z If lonely can ever be something good, this is it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Then I remembered him saying I looked a cool dude and telling me that he got lonely. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I had treated seeing Catherine very lightly, I had gotten somewhat drunk and had nearly forgotten to come but when I could not see her there I was feeling lonely and hollow. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z So it was lonely for a while, but then I got used to it.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z There had been many bad and lonely days and nights, but none as bad as this. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a lonely insistence to the sound of the wind, and then everything went still. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Kat could tell when Annabelle was counting things in her head from anxiety, and Annabelle could tell when Kat felt lonely even in a big bunch of people. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was lonely for a day or so until one morning some man, more recently arrived than I, stopped me on the road. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It was like a graveyard—lonely, eerie, and undisturbed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was caught up in the lonely thrill of being a teenager now, convinced that the adults around me had never been there themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She hadn’t thought it would be; she’d thought it would be cold, like lonely paint or something. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The walls, the paneling, the pervasive heaviness of nearly new fixtures, the colossal firedogs, the walk-in fireplaces of bright new stone referred back through the centuries to a time of lonely castles in mute forests. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They were the best confidantes for a lonely little girl. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Look: You know how awkward it is when a lonely, early guest shows up hours before the party is supposed to start. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Called and left her messages that later I was ashamed of, they were so lonely and needy. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "As it happens, I am a widower these past eight years. Past time I took another, wife, don't you agree, my lords? A man does get lonely." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You say those men at the North Pole get lonely because there are no penguins?” asked Mr. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 This is all so discouraging that I think we’ll leave it here and return to our two lonely heroes trudging through the lost world of the Chattahoochee. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z All these things made John’s life as dark and lonely as mine. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z A lonely peasant cottage stood back from the road, but as yet there was no sign of the White Swan. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z But sometimes he still feels so unbearably lonely, he wishes he had stayed on the heath. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z ME: It’s only going to make you lonely. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “No, what really happened is she came in here lonely and confused, I think, and thinking that she belonged in a place like this...” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z But I bet it gets lonely, keeping yourself to yourself. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z He still seemed lonely, and sometimes I worried about what he’d do when I was gone. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I never felt so lonely in all my life as I did at that moment. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Father says that the town steals our freedom; he says that we must build a castle across the river, on the lonely hill of the mockingbirds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dirty and starving and bitten and hurt and lonely and ugly and afraid and so completely miserable that it was like being in a pit, a dark, deep pit with no way out. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not know if she was sad or happy right now—she was free but lonely, surrounded by love but hungry. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Two lonely guys, I guess, living on the same street. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The room was dark again, with starlight in the windows and the sounds of a baby crying, and farther away, the barking of a lonely dog. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you could ask her to play with you. She’s probably feeling lonely and worried about starting in at a new school.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Should I call and face the problem or not call and enjoy a few hours of lonely, nerve-wracking boredom, instead of my usual lonely, depressing boredom? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z And for some reason I don’t understand, lonely white people love to hang around lonelier Indians. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Joe lavished every care on his love, and he perfected a lonely set of rules which might have gone like this: 1. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Estha waited in the dirty marble lobby with the lonely, watching mirrors till the red door took his sister away. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In our own lonely silence, each of us tried to make some sense of it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I left the cookhouse and went back toward the main house, feeling lonely. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 Plus, he’s been feeling a bit lonely himself. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Communism spelt the unity of human life, and when a Communist, newly risen from his oppressed isolation and feeling strange and lonely because of it, saw another man seeking seclusion, he became afraid of him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s kinda lonely over here in Piedmont. I can’t relate to this.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “What? Oh, sure. But it must be a lonely life.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She went because she was lonely and needed to hear the sound of voices. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Making a cage out of thin trees, the brother carried this to a lonely place where lions liked to walk. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z About twenty spectators and as many journalists and photographers also waited, staring at the empty, lonely board, and at Reshevsky, who never stopped his pacing. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if he had also told himself they were dead and had been rudely awakened to the truth or whether he was just feeling lonely. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain had let up, but a lonely breeze flapped the tent awning and chilled the night air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It was lonely and eerie, straining your eyes and ears in the dark as you watched for possible enemies. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z This was where the senator preferred to hold his meetings, weave his intrigues, forge his deals, and, in his lonely hours, closet himself to release his rage, his frustrated desire, or his sorrow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to hold on to the peaceful feeling of the dream, but it quickly slips away, leaving me sadder and lonelier than ever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was just that he was a man, and I was his wife and was young, and he was lonely. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She looked so young at that moment, so confused and vulnerable and lonely, and this, more than anything, made Mia feel she’d failed her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z You sense that offstage, out of public view, he is lonely. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Besides, she was lonely; she was allowed so few friends. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “I have some friends before me gone,” he sang quietly, but the sound seemed so lonely and lost that he stopped before the chorus. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Returning to my own rented room seems too frightening, too lonely. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re left with nothing - the empty nothing I told Salim about, which is frightening and lonely, but simple and clear. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z When we tired of this, we’d turn on the CB and listen to the lonely banter of truckers stretched out across the interstate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There it sat, perfect as a fresh-laid egg on the dead sea bottom, the only nucleus of light and warmth in hundreds of miles of lonely wasteland. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And I will serve you to the last, my sweet lord, my poor lonely son, Cressen thought, for suddenly he saw the way. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I hadn’t made any of my own friends, but I wasn’t feeling lonely, which was new. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Ralph, whose weekend had been so long and so lonely, felt such a surge of joy and relief at the sound of school buses that he skittered back to Room 5 in a forgiving mood. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “Warships, Call. What better place to spy on warships than from a lonely house right by the water?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At school, he was the one teased by classmates, the last one picked for school games, a lonely child who would often leave school in tears. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We put headphones on when Didu's belting out songs about red roads, barroom brawls, magnolia blossoms, and lonely cowboys. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When I woke up, the ache in my chest lingered, and I felt lonelier and sadder than I had ever felt in my life. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Harry’s mind wandered a long way from the marquee, back to afternoons spent alone with Ginny in lonely parts of the school grounds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Part of me said, Go home, hide, don’t go near the house, but a stronger part said, You’ve been lonely so long, you deserve a friend. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Well, I must say, I’m worried about you. You seem to be a very lonely little girl.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Why couldn’t anybody understand that he was not really a freak but a normal, lonely adult trying to lead a normal, lonely adult life? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It's lonely being the only Indian woman around. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The universe is a big and lonely place. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He walked out of the dark and came towards her with a shy lonely smile. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Her husband is with Sonia, listening to their youngest recite poetry in that beautiful lilting voice of hers: "I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills..." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I had no idea what I was walking into, but I knew one thing for sure: It was preferable to falling into that soldier’s hands on a lonely road. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t that she had been lonely, mostly just that she’d been excited to live with other kids. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I wonder if he gets lonely,” I thought to myself. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Now he tried to find strength to tear himself away and go on a lonely journey — for vengeance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Their first child was sent away into a lonely life. I suppose it makes sense that they decided to send their second child to something better, maybe.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The threshold of a new house is a lonely place. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She doesn’t like to admit to herself that, despite all her activities, she sometimes feels lonely. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The shameful truth was that she was not involved, was in fact desperately lonely. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A man’s voice floated out from inside and echoed around the clearing, making him sound lonely. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the same time, those who performed experiments ceased to be lonely and isolated individuals; they became members of an experimental network. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks lonely, walking all by himself, but there’s nothing I can do about that now. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “School’s all right, but Grampa’s been feeling pretty lonely, and I kind of wanted to help him get around as long as lean.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The United States abounded with dollar bills, baseball sluggers, raccoon coats, diamond jewelry—and lonely, immigrant bachelors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The profound stillness that embraced all was its own sad and lonely sermon. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Then we left him forever, under the great trees beside the lonely river.” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I couldn’t shake the image of Nana sitting alone in her bedroom staring at that one lonely picture. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Late strollers were still out: a policeman, a night watchman, a rocket pilot, several lonely men coming home from some nocturnal rendezvous, four men and women issuing from a bar, laughing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly, I just think Mr. P is a lonely old man who used to be a lonely young man. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z 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 It is tempting to regard this latter notation as further evidence that McCandless’s long, lonely sabbatical had changed him in some significant way. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Great Hall of Riverrun was a lonely place for two to sit to supper. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then Cole felt a growing resentment that he was being forced to endure this lonely existence. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The other keeps, long deserted, were lonely, haunted places, where cold winds whistled through black windows and the spirits of the dead manned the parapets. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I was excited to have Eliza on the team, hoping for a friend in what had widely been a lonely experience. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z It was hard to imagine him ever lonely, or bored or despondent; his equanimity was bottomless, as was his lack of ambition, and he assumed that everyone else was much like him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Flora wasn’t sure, but she thought it was possible that her father was the world’s loneliest man. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z It seemed that I had been hiding for ages, and when the stomping and the screaming died down I felt lonely, cast forever out of life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked east and south into the steep harsh country full of crags and green hills and great rivers and lonely houses, till I came to Icefoot Lake. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She kept looking around, though, so I wonder if she was lonely. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I’m alone at the breakfast table, already feeling how long and lonely this Saturday is going to be without Carla. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Now, he sat with me—being sorry and lonely and wanting me to take the place of the dead. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Yes, life can be lonely for the truly exceptional, darling. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Lonely? I’ve hardly had a quiet moment since arriving. Stop being a reporter and let’s eat. Besides, there are people in the city who are lonelier than I.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I was not alone in my loneliness. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z From time to time some of these lonely comets are nudged out of their normal orbit by some slight gravitational perturbation–a passing star perhaps. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They looked so lonely and sweet just holding on to each other. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z She could see the similarities between these two lonely children, even more clearly than they could: the same sensitive personalities lurking inside both of them, the same bookish wisdom layered over a deep naïveté. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I thought you were sitting around your house all lonely and waiting to die.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “So it’s our duty to visit the lonely.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z The dream was always the same: a shy boy—not unlike Virgil—gets terribly lonely, takes a walk in the forest, and begs a rock to eat him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It’s”—she lets herself look at me—“it’s getting lonelier and lonelier without you, Jimmy” “I know,” I say. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Our house could feel lonely because my mother was busy with her life and my father was busy with his. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It was the loneliest summer job a girl could have, stuck in a roadside hut with three walls and a flat tin roof. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I went out the door and suddenly I felt lonely and empty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, I know. But I’m not lonely and I’m on a tangent too. But maybe not the same one.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z People who were tired and hurt and lonely and kind in their own way and their own time. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Mom told me, “It probably gets pretty lonely to be Grandma, don’t you think?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He never felt lonely when she was near. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z He was lonely, nauseated, and dehydrated, surviving on a diet of dry raisins and bread. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I have been alone while I was with many girls and that is the way that you can be most lonely. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The ash trees lining the lonely one-lane back road were just coming into their lovely young skin, but in the afternoon light their shadows couldn’t have been longer. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I wasn’t a lonely kid—I was good at being alone. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Your mother was so lonely for good conversation she gladly accepted. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s just a very lonely, helpless feeling at first—a kind of desolate feeling. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My feelings for her were buried under scar tissue built up over 103 lonely nights spent wondering what I’d done to drive away everyone I cared about. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And afterward, in the small cabin, they’d do this, this tangle of bodies, this blurring of the edges that kept people distant and lonely. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They say, “One cloud feels lonely”: and indeed it is true that the appearance of a single cloud often means that the sky will soon be overcast. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Wind whistled through the bare rocks with a lonely, keening sound. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He is not questioning his father’s sexual identity, whether he really is gay—just commenting on his lonely life in the years since his marriage ended. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Could he be a lonely bachelor, taking up with odd company for lack of an ordinary life? My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She looks so lonely—a loneliness of years, of a whole life. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At first I thought I was lonely or sad, but I realized that wasn’t it at all. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But for some reason they make me feel lonely. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z But I already knew I was going to go through a rough, lonely patch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z And whenever I get lonely, I grow a big zit on the end of my nose. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Whenever I see how sad and lonely TaShon is, it makes me doubt Mama Ya-Ya is right about him clinging hard to life. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Maybe it was because I felt lonely and church used to make me feel better. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I look out at the severe and lonely landscape drifting past the window. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Hulking boys though they were, they looked oddly lonely without the tall, pale figure of Malfoy between them, bossing them around. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was clear to him what a terribly difficult and lonely life it was, despite the honor. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “She’s not a witch, and you know it. She’s a lonely old woman, and Judith, you couldn’t help liking her if you knew her.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z At night in his lonely French billet, William lighted his oil lamp and gazed at her photographs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I was lonely, and it was her birthday. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z At his sparsely attended funeral, Felicia howls like a lonely she-wolf. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He was trying to act tough, but I thought that he was lonely. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until after we separated, on nights when Shoshana was asleep and I was lonely, that I wondered if perhaps my mother had poisoned my marriage. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Gramma said they were two lonely old bachelors who drank too much. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z There must be other people here who feel as lonely as I do. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A long-drawn wail came down the wind, like the cry of some evil and lonely creature. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then I remember how lonely these last few weeks have felt. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I wondered if he felt lonely, like Roberto and I did when we lived alone. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z And it’s funny, because I don’t really think of myself as lonely. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It was the sound he associated with blind nights at sea—lonely, familiar, hushed, and so melancholy he could never listen without emptiness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Rose must be lonely in that tent by herself.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The realization made him feel desperately lonely, and he rubbed his throb-bing leg. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z From each summit the panorama was sensational—for as far as the eye could see nothing but heavy green woods, denim-blue lakes, and lonely, undulant mountains. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Because sometimes when the world doesn't make sense, it just feels better if there's someone around to make it a little less lonely. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z From there, the building unfolds into a grid of long hallways, lined with lockers, that come together to form lonely interior courtyards. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He said that he couldn’t bear to think of them spending a lonely, desolate Christmas in England. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But she’d be so lonely, and what if he and his dad didn’t make it back? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And it was, in a way, though it looked awfully lonely in the vast countryside—and dilapidated, too. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Said she was getting lonely being in her bedroom all the day long. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A bird somewhere, lonely and lost, called for its friends. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z That it had nothing to do with being lonely. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Then Carolina saw her child Benjamin, the boy who had died of leukemia, in a strange lonely pose under an apple tree. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I spent three months as the loneliest man in history and it's finally over. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sounder rolled his one eye in lonely dreaming. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of the lonely maiden decorating the bow; how she asked me to be her eyes and ears on the ship. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Even though I was lost and lonely, it was safe for the time being. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was about a very lonely man who decided that he wanted to get married. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The only sound, just before dawn, was a night watchman, far away down a lonely street, walking along in the darkness, humming a very strange song.... The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she wasn’t lonely anymore; she was only happy. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Even though people had been coming over all day, the house seemed so lonely that I couldn’t stand it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t understand how such a lonely, depressed spirit could produce a horn of plenty that shot out pineapples and birthday cakes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Dust motes floated through the sunset-red light and disappeared into dark shadows like lost, lonely phantoms. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The circumstances had been so different then, when she entered the cavernous room and limped alone down its central aisle hungry, lonely, and fearful for her life. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not care if Brad looked lonely. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “You never wanted to visit lonely people before, or is it that you only like lonely people who have ten dollars?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z In fact, she is the only kid who walks around alone and never looks lonely. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Only her own nightgown would do, and the regular bedtime routine; without them, she was painfully lonely for home. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The Last Friend app is designed for lonely Deckers and for any good soul who wants to keep a Decker company in their final hours. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was a cold and lonely sound, full of melancholy and despair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z How we feel lonely, sometimes to the point of tears, but we don’t let those tears come because we are not supposed to cry. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t realized how lonely and miserable I’d become until I went down into the wilds of Big Branch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And as I walked on I was lonely no longer. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The two headlights cut slices into the lonely night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z You have no idea how lonely I was. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As Euwe continued with his remarks, Bobby appeared bored and lonely, even though more than a thousand people were looking up regularly at him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The house was holding itself tight and lonely, even its curtains pulled together and tied against the day. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z By the lantern lights the two mice made their way back from the lonely chamber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And it was lonely, to yearn so, all alone. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And that too would be a lonely journey. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I was even lonelier and more vulnerable than I had been before. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She moved the boy from the lonely list in her head and logged him below Martin and Ethel, even though she did not know his name. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was hurt and for a time felt lonelier than ever. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw the world from the stars’ point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It makes me excited, but when the lady turns out the light I feel let down and lonely. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But I don’t know how to act strong, be strong all the time, when I’m mostly scared and alone and lonely. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Not only I have suffered during these long, lonely, wasted years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad had a really good time talking to everyone—I guess I hadn’t realized he was kind of lonely too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z It was rare when the family had supper together, and when we did, there was only the lonely clinking of our forks and knives on our plates. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z They were bored, or lonely, and wanted someone to talk to. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I understood that I was supposed to be terrified by this spectacle—these two demonic creatures on this dark, lonely road. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z How foolish we’d been, picking him up on this lonely country road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where lonely women go to dance,” she said aloud. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Flora’s heart, the lonely, many-armed squid of it, flipped and flailed inside of her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “Where lonely women go to dance. We dance in front of the mirror. When we’re lonely.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z So the day had passed very long and lonely and his blood was full and coursing under his skin. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z How hard it was to shower and how lonely she was when her husband was at work. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Must be lousy in—I mean it must be pretty lonely,” said Mack. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And suddenly I knew that Mrs. Diamant had been lonely before I came to the shop, and that she wasn’t lonely anymore. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He was old, sick, and lonely, his mind wandering to long-faded days of glory and adoration. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I mean he’s sensitive, people bully him too, and he feels lonely and hasn’t got anybody to talk to, and he’s not afraid to show his feelings and cry!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He was born in a lonely village called Ten Alders, high on the mountain at the head of the Northward Vale. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Many others had come to watch, too, even the governor, and we all cheered as she passed, setting out on her lonely voyage to England. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come. Sit and talk with a lonely man.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a very peaceful place, lonely and quiet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z No lonely seafarer Holds clear of entering Our green mirror. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I went away from there and walked the streets blindly until it was time to go home to a lonely supper. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z In March, however, he mustered his resolve once more and resumed his lonely trek. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt so lonely to think that, but it was his truth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had moved off into a strange lonely world where nothing could seem real—not even Rab’s death. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Three months later, when Dad dropped me off in a lonely corner of Vancouver Island, I wasn’t so sure. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She was beginning to wonder what exactly she would do when she got there and was feeling a little lonely. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I got so bored and lonely when I was sick. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Enough,” the father’s voice echoed in the lonely church, and the bells that called us were silent. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Separated from the world in which she had grown up, she seemed to me to be lonely and adrift. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z It was afternoon, late August, the end of the long, lonely summer after sixth grade. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On the roof of the abandoned factory, the lonely drummer drummed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Wind chimes of all shapes and sizes lined the porch, making their lonely music in the breeze. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It is Monday and the walk home from school was lonely because Suesetta is sick and Phyllis’s mom picked her up. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But now and then a lonely fear would fall upon her so that she seemed surrounded by a tree-tall forest of enemies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In this lonely world of ice and emptiness, they had achieved at least a limited kind of contentment. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I could picture his excitement at finding a flower he couldn't categorize, growing in some lonely, desolate part of Iraq. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Last night was the first night I haven’t felt lonely in Gram’s house since she died. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Now I know that there are worse things than being lonely. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Pageant practices are getting lonelier by the day, and I’m really missing my friend. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I stayed out on deck for a long time, sitting by the lifeboat, looking back at Curacao, feeling lonely and sad. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But minus the gloom of setting suns and lonely river banks. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z My dear, I’m going to have a pretty lonely walk between this and Kingdom Come. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “My only companion all these long lonely years.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Whatever he was seeing was inside his head, and it made him as lonely as his silence. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z June was the loneliest girl Ivy had ever met. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Many, having made the lonely haul from Mexico City, would welcome company for the remaining 380 miles to the border. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Though crushed against many other people, I am lonely to the bone. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Fearing her father’s anger she left the children on a lonely mountain as soon as they were born, but they were discovered by a herdsman and brought up by him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was still plenty of party left to make sure he got whatever it was he needed for the long, lonely year ahead. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And it’s lonely, because you feel you can’t talk about it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Come end of picking season, he’d wander out to some old lonely place they’d told him about and look for arrowheads and bits of old bones, clamshell, and whatnot. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He thought of the scared and lonely boy who had run away from Storch’s house. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z The boys lay in the pine needles and looked at the lonely sky through the pine branches. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And now, the cabinets were just as empty, except for the same lonely can of hominy that had been there for months. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It must be strange and lonely for her and Amin to be alone again, but it doesn’t have to be like this. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z In the center was a lonely piece of bread, with a small flower next to it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He found the dingiest gambling den, one with no sign and just a single lonely barker out front. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When she had gone, Bigwig felt desperately tired and lonely. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever you’re feeling lonely or sad, try going to the loft on a beautiful day and looking outside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I was happy that this chicken would be back with the rest of her flock; I didn’t want her to be lonely. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z It was a miniature version of the mighty, lonely mountain I had compared to a powerful shaman the night before. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It felt so lonely to be by myself with Father gone and maybe dead and nobody but myself to do—to do whatever had to be done. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They would have felt lonely in this setting, remarking that they were the only Indians. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I hope to find the lonely little island where Timothy is buried. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As Kira prepared for bed, she thought about the frightened, lonely tyke below. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On this lonely mountain road, I felt sorry for him. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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