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Example sentences for "lonesome"

Lexicographically close words:
lone; lonelier; loneliest; loneliness; lonely; lonesomeness; lonesomer; lonesomest; lonesum; long
  1. Yet some maintain that to this day She is a living child; That you may see sweet Lucy Gray Upon the lonesome wild.

  2. The third night there the sky was fair, And the mountain-blast was still, As again I watch'd the secret pair, On the lonesome Beacon Hill.

  3. And as for this lonesome ship that has sailed, if you want to see just how much that means, go down and look at Wall Street.

  4. The "lonesome pine" from which the story takes its name was a tall tree that stood in solitary splendor on a mountain top.

  5. And the girl proved to be lovely, piquant, and the trail of these girlish foot-prints led the young engineer a madder chase than "the trail of the lonesome pine.

  6. How dreary it would be in that great lonesome house all day, with no noise but the ticking of the clocks!

  7. It strikes me, Boy, that you’re lookin’ some lonesome and need company.

  8. We’ll give him a dollar or so to see us back along that lonesome trail.

  9. Gosh sakes alive, I’d be so lonesome for the woods that I couldn’t live.

  10. No wonder Gloss is some lonesome for the old man; he’s never had to stay away from the little girl so long before.

  11. And yet there may be dark days and lonesome nights perhaps.

  12. On the one hand stands the work, calling them to lonesome separation, and on the other the pleasant companionship of civilized society.

  13. But it was lonesome indeed when the missionary band was divided, to occupy other stations, and the playmates were separated.

  14. He ate when he was hungry and he ate when he was lonesome and he ate when he was bored.

  15. He'd be lonesome without his Chicken Little--wouldn't you, Pete?

  16. Tell Chicken Little, Kitty has kept me from being lonesome and is a great comfort.

  17. I guess Alice won't be lonesome now she's got the kitty.

  18. His sister allers went with him, to home; he s'posed that's why it seemed so lonesome now.

  19. Not at all, sir; I was glad to come with you, for we are very lonesome at Rhyadr, except during a few weeks in the summer, when the gentry come to see the Pistyll.

  20. That very few visitors came to the establishment, which was in a place so awfully lonesome that he soon became hipped, and was more than once half in a mind to fling himself into a river which ran before the door and moaned dismally.

  21. The journey from Waterford to Grenada was a painfully lonesome one.

  22. Very much of the distance was sparsely settled, which rendered my journey at least a lonesome one.

  23. The route was rather a lonesome one, and nothing occurred of interest on my way out.

  24. Dey gets twenty yards furder, an' Little Hahsie finds hisse'f hoppin' along on his lonesome near out o' sight ahead.

  25. But him bein' doin' it on his lonesome he ain't had so much luck as he tink he'd like to have.

  26. And it would be too mean," spoke up Lonesome Liz, as Billy Long secretly called the sad-faced girl.

  27. Laura would never have believed that "Lonesome Liz" could display so much emotion.

  28. Although Lonesome Liz had never seen a turtle before, she managed to clean it and with Mrs. Morse's advice made a pot of soup.

  29. You girls have one fine suffragette in this Lonesome Liz, as Billy calls her.

  30. Lonesome Liz did not seem like a girl who would be so terribly disturbed about a thunder storm.

  31. I can't imagine living out in a wild, lonesome place like this and not owning a gun, can you, Peg?

  32. Our house stands in such a lonesome place, and there ain't any children.

  33. How lonesome the sea sounds in the night," she said.

  34. How lonesome the sea at night always is," said Sally.

  35. As he crossed Washington Avenue from the centre gate and entered School Street he found himself hoping a trifle wistfully that he would find Nead in the room, for he was beginning to feel a bit lonesome and out of it.

  36. Help me to live in the realities of life, that I may gain energy and repose, to use for the lonesome and anxious hours.

  37. Strange how a feller 'members sich things an' feels sort o' lonesome like!

  38. You are not going down yonder to-night; you are going to stay here and talk with me and Mother Roussillon; we are lonesome and you are good company.

  39. The little blue-eyed thing looked sadly weary of the dull walls, and Jennie longed to lead her away from the lonesome place to a home as bright as she had found.

  40. You hope some day with fond embrace To greet your lonesome Jack, But oh, I am come here to say I'm never coming back!

  41. Over the lonesome floor, over the lonesome floor--how light it moves!

  42. Her eyes wandered from the building itself to the cemetery by its side, rested there, and watched the light growing warmer and warmer over the lonesome refuge where the dead lay at rest.

  43. The lonesome years and years among strangers, with no sight of the child that was growing up, with no heart to pour the story of her sorrow into the ear of any living creature, not even into mine!

  44. I fear he'll be lonesome without his petite mignonne.

  45. Must be a mighty lonesome job--always hunting 'strays.

  46. Kind of lonesome sitting around here at night," he said, with a keenly satirical inflection.


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lonesome" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    alienated; alone; aloof; apart; detached; devious; fond; forlorn; friendless; homeless; insular; isolated; lone; lonely; lonesome; obscure; remote; removed; retired; secret; separate; separated; solitary; solo; unaccompanied; unaided; unassisted; unattended; unescorted; unsupported; withdrawn