lonely

Adjective complement with noun phrase

feel: I'm afraid you must be feeling just a little bit lonely.

Modifying Another Word

• desperately: I was like a fish out of water and desperately lonely.
• terribly: Section 2 I remember that first Beltane festival as the most terribly lonely night in my life.
• pretty: Anyway pretty lonely time of the year to watch a great global event on your own.
• rather: Nevertheless, it seems that the north Pacific is a rather lonely place.
• very: I also think he's a very lonely man.
• so: There's none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.

Preposition: as

cloud: Materials and their properties - Air Travelers Wander lonely as a cloud through this attractive and informative website.

Modifies a noun

• furrow: They didn't see us plow a lonely furrow in the Fourth under Harry Gregg.
• planet: Lonely Planet - detailed country guide to Saudi Arabia for anyone looking to visit, whether for work or travel.
• vigil: One, a lonely vigil in the style of its pioneer; the other, a more sociable affair.
• goatherd: High on a hill with a lonely goatherd... ... ... ... .
• moor: Sometimes this would mean a late dark hike home across the lonely moors with the only guiding light being the dancing moon beams.
• widow: Punctuated by comical encounters with assorted misfits and a romantic sojourn with a lonely widow, the journey is eventful enough.

Used with adjective complement

• wander: Is it possible, I speculated, to wander lonely as a cloud in the Lake District in the middle of August?
• feel: At least we need not feel lonely any more over here!
• sit: Mary Roberts Top Lonely She sits there lonely in her chair.
• seem: Hmmm. ) When the engines stopped and we stepped out into the night, the city did seem more lonely than before.
• get: I don't think i'll get lonely somehow!
• become: My life became so lonely, in the backyard, on a chain.