Lone and Marooned

Lone

Lone adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

Marooned and lone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Marooned" instead an adjective "Lone".

Nearby Words: lonely, lonesome, loner

Marooned

Marooned adjective - Cut off or left behind.

Lone and marooned are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lone" instead an adjective "Marooned".

Nearby Words: maroon, marooning

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Running Wild The Aloner: While the title of the song "Marooned" (from Death or Glory) suggests a song about, well, marooning, it is actually about being the lone survivor of a shipwreck.
  • Cortana is on the verge of falling into this at the start of Halo 4, due to her being marooned in space for four years with no company except a lone Super Soldier in stasis and her burgeoning rampancy.
  • Indeed, this trope also features in the Tales of the Black Freighter sub-comic: a lone, marooned sailor, convinced the titular ship will raze his village in his absence, returns to defend his loved ones on a raft of his mates' bloated corpses.
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