Examples of lone in a Sentence
the lone ripe apple in the entire bag
just one lone cow in the middle of the field
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Catcher Hunter Goodman, Colorado’s lone All-Star last season, came to Arizona determined to get better defensively and to become a better game-caller.
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2026
Herro, the team’s lone All-Star last year, has played only 132 minutes this season with prime offseason acquisition Norman Powell, the team’s lone All-Star this year.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The Navajo Nation is the lone exception in Arizona.
—Chris Sims, IndyStar, 18 Feb. 2026
Vedam’s supporters believe investigators fixated on him as the lone suspect at the expense of other legitimate leads, arguing that his ethnicity played a role in how authorities homed in on him in the early days of the case and at trial.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 19 Feb. 2026
Herro, the team’s lone All-Star last year, has played only 132 minutes this season with prime offseason acquisition Norman Powell, the team’s lone All-Star this year.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 Feb. 2026
The Navajo Nation is the lone exception in Arizona.
—Chris Sims, IndyStar, 18 Feb. 2026
Vedam’s supporters believe investigators fixated on him as the lone suspect at the expense of other legitimate leads, arguing that his ethnicity played a role in how authorities homed in on him in the early days of the case and at trial.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Lone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lone. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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