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She doesn’t want to be lonely during the holidays.
Sie möchte sich während der Feiertage nicht einsam fühlen.
das Gefühl der Einsamkeit empfinden
He was lonely after moving to a new city.
Er fühlte sich einsam, nachdem er in eine neue Stadt gezogen war.
They were lonely without their friends around.
Sie fühlten sich einsam, weil ihre Freunde nicht in der Nähe waren.
Often used to describe emotional isolation rather than physical solitude.
'Be alone' describes physical solitude (e.g., 'She is alone in the room'), while 'be lonely' emphasizes the emotional feeling of loneliness.
Commonly used in personal contexts to express emotional states. The phrase is straightforward and does not carry idiomatic or figurative meanings beyond its literal sense.