Sentence examples for lonely looking from inspiring English sources

The phrase "lonely looking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something or someone that appears to be lonely or has a lonely expression.
Example: "The lonely looking dog sat by the window, waiting for its owner to return."
Alternatives: "sad appearing" or "isolated in appearance".

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She's alone, lonely, looking for arms to disappear into, wondering if that's even O.K. to want.

Its long corridors are a little lonely looking, and the sitting rooms a bit reminiscent of a creaky ancestral manor.

But at the slot machines, silent, lonely looking gamblers pour in coins with an air of absent-minded resignation.

Varo's Celestial Pablum (1958) shows a lonely looking woman trapped in a high tower, caring for a caged moon, and is often considered a commentary on how maternity traps women; Carrington's Green Tea (1942) features a young woman, in a quintessentially English landscape, who has been mummified.

The musician in me is slightly distracted by (and drawn to) the upright piano in the corner, whilst the only sign of nearby startup life is a rather lonely looking foosball table in the centre of the room.

A Firefly might have eyes for the lonely, looking for someone who wonders if she's invisible.

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That's the advice I'd give to anyone who was feeling lonely: look at yourself, focus on the things that are really going to make you happy.

"We learn from therapy," she continues, "to tell stories in a way that's lonely: Look what happened to me....

Put a really nice photo of your pet in it, and when you feel sad or lonely, look at it.

They were saying I'm really lonely and looking out of a little lonely window, I think".

He was a lonely man looking for communion.

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