home-alone
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Though the whole album is a studio production, “Originals” has a home-alone spirit, while “Unlocked” heads for the car and the club.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
During its slow decline, it went from being a going-out shirt to a home-alone shirt.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2020
It features the home-alone president chasing after Hillary Clinton’s car, holding a brown paper bag, yelling, “Wait, wait, wait! You forgot your lunch!”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2019
And her early work has a strange home-alone quality and an intense focus.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2011
The thought that she was alone in the world, alone since the mysterious disappearance of her husband from his Cuban home-alone and undoubtedly struggling with life for existence, grew upon him with maddening intensity.
From Leah Mordecai by Abbott, Belle K. (Belle Kendrick)
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