from the Broadway musical Les Miserables. The unemployed church volunteer from Blackburn,Scotland, who lives alone with her cat, promptly became the unlikeliest star of the year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Mrs. Watts was sitting alone in a white iron bed cutting her toenails with a large pair of scissors.

Watts太太独自坐在,一张白色的铁床上,用一把很大的剪刀,剪自己的脚趾甲。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

He was almost home. Misses Smith was alone on the farm with her three children.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

Helen traveled a lot with her family or alone with Miss Sullivan.

VOA: special.2009.11.08

I watched her for hours, helpless and alone with my breaking heart.

VOA: special.2009.07.25

And she hopes her celebrity and advocacy will help the thousands struggling with mental disorders realize they are not alone.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

She lives alone here with her three-year-old son and six-week-old baby.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01