How to Use alone in a Sentence

alone

1 of 2 adjective
  • He was alone with his thoughts.
  • She lived alone for many years.
  • He felt very alone when he went away to school.
  • This wine goes well with food, but is also very good alone.
  • I got him alone and asked him what had really happened.
  • She doesn't mind being alone because she never feels lonely.
  • And you’re lost and alone in the universe, circling through the ether.
    — Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Shields added that the club hasn’t been alone in these efforts.
    — Graham Womack, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Some have asked if their child was alone or near friends.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2024
  • There, the cops pretty much left us alone to hone our skills.
    — Salomon Zavala, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • So did the other guests, leaving the couple alone to look for the ring.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Of these artists, Valdez is not alone in highlighting the skin of things.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • The Warriors aren’t alone among the West in dealing with injuries.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • One day, alone in her apartment, Mary set fire to the curtains.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Griffey isn’t alone in this mission, or the first game.
    — Tim Booth, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
  • Her husband, a physician, was in a fellowship at the time, and Parkhurst was alone most of the time.
    — Sarah Swetlik | Sswetlik@al.com, al, 2 June 2023
  • To be fair, Philo is far from alone with these kinds of numbers.
    — Emilia Petrarca, Vogue, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Finkel was alone among the trio in draping a chain around his neck before grabbing the pullup bar.
    — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Loyal is not alone in looking for ways to extend the life of man's best friend.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And the yen isn’t alone in riding the currency roller coaster.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 July 2023
  • Viewers can see in the first few episodes that Jeremiah has been kind of alone while grieving.
    — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2023
  • Those with before-the-title names are not alone in standing with Biden.
    — Jon Regardie, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The Atheneum is not alone in getting into the real estate game.
    — William Cohan, Town & Country, 7 June 2023
  • To use, just pour half a bottle into the clogged drain slowly, then leave it alone for two hours.
    — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Shiffrin and Hess, on the other hand, were hardly alone in speaking against them.
    — Kevin Baxter Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
  • New England could take first place all alone with a seventh Super Bowl win on Sunday.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Since there’s no deadline to use the money, it can be left alone to grow for the future.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Fillmore wasn’t entirely alone.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • And Swabb isn't alone in feeling this way.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Shiffrin and Hess, on the other hand, were hardly alone in speaking against them.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026

alone

2 of 2 adverb
  • The special effects alone make the movie worth seeing.
  • The price alone is enough to discourage people.
  • The police believe the criminal acted alone.
  • Just leave it alone, shut the f—k up and mind your business.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In Gillibrand’s home state alone, agents have used the law to seize more than 120 guns.
    — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The ones who, if left alone, would never have let any of this happen.
    — TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
  • That alone was enough to account for 40 percent of the rise in emissions last year.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But the rocks alone aren’t what had drawn the young man from Mesa to Chiricahua 13 times and counting.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
  • Five of those counts named Trump as a co-defendant, and the sixth named Nauta alone.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 July 2023
  • When the ambulance left, the 18-year-old found herself alone, sitting on the kitchen floor.
    — Milla Surjadi, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • The bedroom alone stretches to 20 feet long, and the suite is complete with two spa-like bathrooms.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
  • There’s so much to offer, some people visit for the food alone.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The victims were not in or near homeless encampments but were on the streets alone.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Your little one will be fully outfitted and ready to save the day alone or with a friend!
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 24 Mar. 2024
  • He then got lost and realized he was not fully prepared to be in the woods alone.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 5 Oct. 2023
  • An orange, for example, triggers the red cones to go about twice as much as the green cones but leaves the blue ones alone.
    — Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • There are six types of highballs alone, and Weeks recommends the Cold Blooded.
    — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 26 Mar. 2024
  • More than 50 restaurants and bars opened in the city last year alone, with a few introducing new concepts to the city.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Four major rainstorms this month alone mean that once dry soils are unable to hold much more rain.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The euphoric energy alone will keep you awake way past your bedtime (trust me).
    — Carine Lavache, ELLE, 21 July 2023
  • Youth were left alone while a staff member napped, inspection files show.
    — Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The thefts had been going on for about two weeks and Gadsden alone had 30 to 40 car burglaries during that time.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The Saturday pelting is the latest in a spate of such incidents this year alone.
    — Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 9 July 2023
  • But the fact of me saying that—of being uncomfortable being alone—that's a bad thing.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
  • But sometimes an artist must stand alone and draw solely from herself.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Jan. 2024
  • There were more than 14 million ads in Wisconsin alone.
    — Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
  • And this year alone the number of job ads in the U.K. which don’t list a degree as a requirement has surged by 90% on LinkedIn compared to the 12 months prior.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The women’s lawyers asked for at least $24 million for each woman in defamation damages alone.
    — Time, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Medication alone cannot teach healthy habits.
    — Tara Comonte, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The concert marks the third date in 2026 with Ragweed alone atop the bill.
    — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2026

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