1.   He had no brothers or sisters and a lonely childhood.

2.   She had a lonely childhood.

3.   Another entry in the Bryant database recalls a lonely childhood of poverty in which Bear Bryant loomed large as a hero and substitute father figure.

4.   He seems to have had a painfully lonely childhood, but Nagako never complained publicly about the separation.

5.   I had a very lonely childhood indeed.

6.   With gadgets like these and some preteen experimentation with drugs enlightening his lonely Manhattan childhood, Bennahum takes his interest to the next level.