lone wolf
/ˌloʊn ˈwʊlf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A town in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, United States.
Example Sentences
- "They knew what it meant; even Joan had heard the cry of the lone wolf hunting in the lean time of winter, and of all things sad, all things lonely, all things demoniacal, the howl of a wolf stands alone."
- "Whatever the cause of the changes in movements of these animals, the fact that the pack used a much smaller area than any of the lone wolves may be of central importance in trying to understand the organization of the wolf population. The following pieces of information are also pertinent to such an understanding: […] (2) the lone wolves, which apparently did not breed, were tolerant of, or indifferent to, other lone wolves in their areas; (3) the ranges of the lone wolves overlapped considerably[…]; (4) the lone wolves seemed to avoid certain large areas that one might logically think would have been visited by them […]"
- "Don't be a lone wolf. Publish your results; take the world—take the nation at least—into your confidence."
- "I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part."
- "You'll never mix in. You'll be a lone wolf. I seen that right off. Wal, if a man can stand the loneliness, an' if he's quick on the draw, mebbe lone-wolfin' it is the best."
- "I am quite enough of a lone wolf as it is. I get on well with girls up to a certain point, but then they seem to find me too enigmatic."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌloʊn ˈwʊlf/
- British English: /ləʊn ˈwʊlf/