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How to use loner in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Loner means one who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others. Example: “I actually enjoy being a loner.”

Examples of loner by meaning

nounOne who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

  • I actually enjoy being a loner.
  • The Cockney had been thrown out of SAS because he was a loner and a canteen cowboy.1985, J. C. Winters, Berlin Fugle, page 307
  • I remember reading an article that described three personality types – socializers, loners, and aloners.2013, Margaux Joy DeNador, The Art of Living a Life You Love, page 158

More sentences with loner

  • Unlike Charlie—hat-tipper, baby-kisser, favorite brother in a family of brothers—Drew was a loner by nature.2017, Monica Wood, Any Bitter Thing: An evocative tale of love, loss and understanding, →ISBN. From the entry baby-kisser
  • He is a loner, hard, resolute, tall, strong but comradely and supports other men in their toils.1999, Malcolm MacLean, “Of Warriors and Blokes: The Problem of Maori Rugby for Pakeha Masculinity in New Zealand”, in Timothy J[ohn]…. From the entry bloke
  • While both are poets of exile, Dante is more of a belonger and less of a loner.1997, John K. Hale, Milton's Languages: The Impact of Multilingualism on Style, page 156. From the entry belonger
  • People really do need people, but the loner does not believe this.1976, Robert B. Ewen, Getting it Together: A Guide to Modern Psychological Analysis, New York; London: Franklin Watts, →ISBN, page 63. From the entry lonerism
  • They were a convivial society of loners.2015, Steve Silberman, “Introduction”, in Megan Newman, editor, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, New…. From the entry convivial
  • I'm a funny combination of loner and valuer of community.1989 December 3, Pam Mitchell, Ronnie Gilbert, “Carrying On The Honorable Tradition Of 'Protest Music'”, in Gay Community News, volume 17…. From the entry valuer
  • I'm a poor lone woman — loner and lorner than I've felt since my poor, sainted Charles passed away.1917, Helen Beecher Long, How Janice Day Won, page 265. From the entry lorner
  • George Sodini, who worked in a law firm's finance department, was anti-social, according to neighbours, and his webpage showcased a CV setting forth his credentials as an unhappy loner.2009 August 5, “US fitness centre shooter wrote about plans for attack on website”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Dec…. From the entry Sodini

Meaning of loner

  1. noun One who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

Full definition of loner

Questions about loner in a sentence

How do you use loner in a sentence?
Loner is used as a noun. For example: “I actually enjoy being a loner.”
What is a short sentence with loner?
“I actually enjoy being a loner.”
What does loner mean?
Loner means one who is alone, lacking or avoiding the company of others.

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