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How to pronounce loner in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms lone hand, lone wolf
Type of individualist
Has types hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte

Examples of loner

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Believe me, I've been down the dating-the-loner road and it can get a tad scary.
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He is a loner and, more than anything, he seems to be afraid of being found out.
From the denverpost.com
She's a tough loner, and she's nobody's granny, although she is somebody's wife.
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Holmes is a paradoxically brilliant and flawed loner who needs a sounding board.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Its been said there's something of the loner in MacGill but in an admirable way.
From the smh.com.au
Jack Reacher is another loner like Heath, but he has a more dramatic love life.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Hackman is Harry Caul, an obsessive surveillance expert and angst-ridden loner.
From the express.co.uk
He appears to be a loner and conspiracy theorist of a vaguely right-wing variety.
From the economist.com
Young is a loner for the most part, but he and Fields have a good relationship.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • A person who avoids the company or assistance of others
  • A loner is a person who avoids or does not actively seek human interaction or prefers to be alone. There are many reasons for solitude, intentional or otherwise, and "loner" implies no specific cause. Intentional reasons include religion or personal philosophies. ...
  • The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to 1966.
  • Loners (originally named Excelsior) is a spin-off mini-series of comic books from Marvel Comics, first appearing in the pages of Runaways. ...
  • (Loners) (2007 mini-series) #1-5
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  • A cat that lives peacefully on its own in one place but doesn't defend its territory and usually isn't cared for by a human or humans
  • If there are no allied units nearby, accuracy may be raised.