alone
Having no one else present.
How often you will meet it
Rank 285 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 74,483 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.035% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- Having no one else present.
alone in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She never would be alone any more.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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But at night, alone in his room, he was serious.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Yea, all ye lie down and take your rest, I'll keep the watch alone, this night is blest.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Chop off the heads of as many infidels as you will, but leave Englishmen alone, be they dukes or commoners.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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But when they turned their faces, 455 And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1