He stopped, a lonely figure on a field of snow, and looked back.

She was, of course, a lonely figure in an empty ballroom.

He did so, a rather lonely figure in the empty courtyard.

Then he noticed the small, lonely figure in the crowd around the capsule.

She set out with Timothy, a lonely little figure going down the garden path.

All except for one lonely figure who knew he should mingle-but couldn't quite bring himself to do so.

One lonely figure stepped forward to shake the victor's hand.

Often a lonely figure, Roberts now has the box office to herself; no other female star comes close.

"To most people, he was the lonely figure with the flashlight, walking his dog at night."

Such a lonely figure is always pathetic because whatever he wants proves impossible to have.