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lone

/loʊn/ verb C2
  1. Only used in lone it

He/she/it lones · Past loned · Past participle loned · -ing form loning

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Verb forms

Base form
lone
He/she/it
lones
Past
loned
Past participle
loned
-ing form
loning

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Akela, the great gray Lone Wolf, who led all the Pack by strength and cunning, lay out at full length on his rock, and below him sat forty or more wolves of every size and color, from badger-colored veterans who could handle a buck alone to young black three-year-olds who thought they could.
The Jungle Book, p. 8 · B2
The Lone Wolf had led them for a year now.
The Jungle Book, p. 8 · B2
Let the Lone Wolf show his strength.
The Jungle Book, p. 19 · B2
The Lone Wolf must have sprung and missed his hold, for Mowgli heard the snap of his teeth and then a yelp as the Sambhur knocked him over with his forefoot.
The Jungle Book, p. 20 · B2

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